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Raise Your Grades Along With Your Heart-rate! The link between physical activity and improved physical and mental health has long been established. However there is a growing body of research that suggests that increased physical activity levels in students also leads to improved academic performance. In this research review by John Ratey and Jacob Sattelmair [...]
Last year, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Felicia Huppert, a well-known researcher in the field of wellbeing. She has advised and informed the UK Governments policy making in the area of mental capital and wellbeing. Amongst other things, she introduced me to the work of the New Economics Foundation (NEF) who in their [...]
Failure has to be an option! Tal Ben Shahar often talks about this concept -That if we cannot accept failing as a natural part of the learning process, then we never genuinely learn anything new. Yet too many students – and indeed schools – frame their educational model and practices around avoiding mistakes. Failure is [...]
I wonder how often schools focus on achievement at the expense of wellbeing? Dr Martin Seligman is regarded as the founder of Positive Psychology, and he coined the term "flourishing" to describe someone who has optimized their levels of wellbeing. They experience positive emotions, enjoy healthy relationships and have high levels of engagement, meaning and [...]
In 2012, schools have to acknowledge the fact that their teachers have more face-to-face access to teenagers than their parents. This means that schools have a responsibility for so much more than just the academic performance of the students in their charge. Research by Professor Ian Schochet suggests that school attachment is vitally important, and could bear a [...]
