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Download article as a PDF Checking in again from 2040. When technology finally learned to talk to itself, the result wasn’t just incremental change—it was a fundamental shift. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) didn’t just mean more connected devices; it meant systems that worked together in ways we hadn’t anticipated. Across [...]
Download article as a PDF Two recent releases have prompted this article: The Netflix series Adolescence and the 2025 Reith Lectures from the BBC on Violence. Both are highly recommended. In the Reith Lectures, forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Gwen Ashead, outlines seven factors that give rise to the violent mindset. While there is no one [...]
Download article as a PDF Teaching and engaging boys is a mix of being an ace motivational coach with being an overly active events manager while being big-hearted while having the stern eye of a store detective. In short, not complicated at all! Having a brother is like having a best friend who occasionally wants [...]
Download article as a PDF Greetings from 2040. The past two decades have rewritten the script of education. The world you know—your policies, institutions, even your assumptions about learning—has been overtaken by a future that demanded we think beyond the present. We had a choice: resist change and fall behind or embrace transformation with [...]
Download article as a PDF Greetings from 2040. The world’s accelerating rate of change has reshaped everything—including education. In the early days, we struggled to keep up. The enthusiasm of teachers, while admirable, risked burning them out as they tried to stay ahead of each new wave of innovation. No one wanted a return [...]
Download article as a PDF Greetings from 2040! You probably won’t recognise how schools function these days. By the end of 2024 we realised we had to redesign schools to meet the needs of a new generation of young people. The warning signs for us by 2024 included 20% of students not completing schooling, [...]
Download article as a PDF Much of the recent literature on adolescent girls focuses on rising levels of anxiety, body image concerns, and social pressures. While these challenges are real and should not be dismissed, an equally important narrative risks being under-acknowledged: teenage girls are idealistic, perceptive, creative, and powerful. In schools, homes, and communities, [...]
Download PDF here! Imagine for a moment that we were doing a hypnosis session. The imagery of the session absorbs your mind, you feel calm and safe. You are on a delightful inner journey. There may be challenges to encounter that absorb you and enchant you and you may be on a quest to [...]
Download PDF here! This is the fifth & final paper in this series. Previous papers discussed the ‘forming’, ‘storming’ ‘norming’ & ‘performing’ stages of classroom lifecycles. Transitions are times of loss as well as times of opportunities. We often don’t mark the ending or the completion of our important relationships well. This can [...]
Download PDF here! If you have ever looked at a test or exam paper and thought, ‘I know that I know this, but I can't remember anything’, if you have ever stayed awake in the middle of the night worrying about an exam the next day, if you have ever felt butterflies in your [...]
