In Search of a Voice by Dr Helen Street
How can we help students to develop their creative voice within the confines of our modern education system? With the energy of this…
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Make a Move Towards Better Mental Health
ONE of the biggest weeks of the year for mental health, has been crowned with its official theme, design and dates for 2014. Mental…
Why Mindfulness and Yoga for Kids?
Techniques to teach breathing to children. By their very nature, young children are present in what they are doing. They notice the butterflies, the…
Research into Professional Learning for School Leaders
Tell us what you think What type of learning do you participate in as part of your professional learning? You are invited you…
Playing to Win By Dr Helen Street
“It is time we stopped thinking of free time as ‘time out’ for kids and realized that it is a vital path to adult…
Rice study: Simple changes to homework improved student learning
Modifying homework procedures improved outcomes without altering curriculum A new study offers evidence that simple and inexpensive changes to existing courses can help students…
Exercise getting the creative mind engaged
The impact of physical exercise on convergent and divergent thinking. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013 Dec 2;7:824. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00824. The impact of physical…
EXAMPLES OF AUTOMATIC NEGATIVE THOUGHTS (ANTs) By Tim Sharp (Dr Happy)
EXAMPLES OF AUTOMATIC NEGATIVE THOUGHTS (ANTs) One of the basic assumptions of the cognitive model that underlies much of the broader positive psychology model…
Positive spin for learning, Geelong Grammar
NORTHERN Bay College will join Geelong Grammar and the University of Melbourne in a study measuring and refining use of positive psychology in Education….