I wrote here about the debilitaing effects of a set mindset; one that ensures that learners ultimately become paralysed by the need to ‘be clever’ at all costs. People with fixed beliefs in their own abilities can all too easily become stuck in rigid patterns of behaviour as a result of too much emphasis on [...]
Dr Seuss says it all
June 15, 2008
The quote on my header illustrates my aim for this blog: to explore what I have ‘read’ so as to think about what it means to be literate in the 21st century, and how I as a teacher can best help children and young people to discover the excitement of [...]
