When I was at High School in the 1960s half the girls learned typing so they could become typists and office workers when they left school. Computers put an end to that. (Now typing is hardly taught in schools even though we all have computers - go figure!) At High School I … [Read more...] about Learning 21st Century Skills
Social & Emotional Skills
How To Use Games to Educate Your Child
Games have an important role to play in many areas of education. In our Literacy and Maths Programs for example, we use a wide range of educational games to help our students learn various facts, rules and procedures. Games also help children develop socially and … [Read more...] about How To Use Games to Educate Your Child
‘Meditation Completely Changed My Life’
Learning New Things is Stressful By its very nature, education is stressful because education involves developing new thinking processes which ‘startle’ our unconscious minds, leading to a fight or flight physical response, which in turn prepares us more for running away than … [Read more...] about ‘Meditation Completely Changed My Life’
Emotional Intelligence Skills Needed by Children at School and in Their Careers
Psychologist, science journalist and author Daniel Goleman popularised the term ‘Emotional Intelligence’ or ‘EQ’, arguing that emotional and social skills are just as important as intellectual skills. Other researchers had been talking about the importance of emotional skills … [Read more...] about Emotional Intelligence Skills Needed by Children at School and in Their Careers
Meditation: Learn to Respond Rather Than React
When we have something happen in our life and we just react out of habit we are giving up our freedom because we are not making a conscious decision to act - we are acting in a conditioned way. stimulus react with an automatic response With self-awareness training we … [Read more...] about Meditation: Learn to Respond Rather Than React