Category: Pedagogy
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Behaviorism is not dead !
Quite often, behaviourism is considered to be an outdated theory. Operant conditioning is a theory that is also misunderstood. It is linked to the work of B.F. Skinner and John Watson. Unlike classical conditioning, operant conditioning is about voluntary behaviour. From a behaviourist perspective, learning is a permanent behaviour change. That is why it is…
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Stressed by planning? Write it all down to free your brain…
If you’re an educator balancing program planning, observations, emails to families, urgent PDs, documentation (oh, the documentation), and the occasional behaviour curveball, you’re not alone. That scattered, scrambled feeling or burden of stress – I know it too well. As a person with attention issues and a highly demanding study/ family life/workload, I had to…
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The Method of Natural Consequences: Gently Guiding Your Child
Ever notice how children’s books are full of little mischief-makers? Kids are born explorers—testing boundaries and checking to see just how far they can push before hitting a limit (often ours!). But here’s a comforting thought: there’s really no such thing as intentionally bad behaviour. Children often just don’t know any better yet. They’re not…
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Lilly Pilly: How to use bush tucker to connect children to nature and Country.
Lilly Pilly (sometimes written as “Lilly Lilly”) — the native Australian plant often mentioned in bush tucker and Indigenous knowledge – is growing in my garden. It is fruiting at the moment and all ground is covered with bright pink berries that are not only beuatiful , but edible as well. Activity Ideas for Children:…
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This will help you to support maths learning
Did you know that large studies across several countries found that mathematics skills, such as knowing numbers, predict later academic success (Pan et al., 2019). Early mathematics scores predicted later mathematical scores and pre-reading, which was surprising. Zaitsev’s Method for Teaching Mathematics Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev’s method is a unique approach to teaching children reading, writing,…