Time is on our side An overwhelming issue we see in schools is there is not enough time. Teachers say it, managers say it. We hear excuses such as ‘Time is against us’ or ‘If only we had more time’. It has almost become the go-to excuse and a way of not digging deeper into…
This article was first published in early September of 2020 – when we celebrated the 150th birtday of Maria Montessori. Maria Montessori 150 years “On the higher educational level, justice is something truly spiritual; it tries to ensure that every child shall make the best of himself (achieve his potential). Justice is to give every…
Standardised Education and Lifelong Learning, an Oxymoron Are you curious about the standardised movement? Perhaps you are a teacher affected by the standardised movement, maybe you have experienced its grip on how we ‘help’ learners learn through a standardised approach? Or maybe you are new to teaching and think this is the norm? In this…
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Richard Buckminster Fuller A Short Note on Hierarchy – and why we’re leaving it In my most favourite book Reinventing Organizations; which started my Journey for Teal School you find the above Buckminster…
How might we build our capacity to both imagine and create futures that are the futures that we really want to see coming about? Keri Facer Professor of Educational & Social Futures Educational Futures Our conceptualization of how the world works and our narrative about the future sets the direction for the development of society.…
The researchers found that having strong social connections was important for both happiness and meaningfulness… Relationships at School – a Cornerstone of an Empathetic Society A question was asked in relation to an instagram post by Teal School with regards to Evolutionary Purpose. The question was “What Do We mean by building relationships in…