I am pleased to share with you 15 amazing thoughts on education:

 

Teaching & schools:

• A great initiative in Canada that dismantles the traditional classroom.
• The secret of Europe’s top education system: lot’s of play
• A Montessori morning of a 4 year old.
• 3 rules to spark learning.
• An inspirational video for teachers: “every kid needs a champion”

 

Families & parenting:

• How to praise kids for effort by Carol Dweck (Standford professor)
• Have you heard of the longitudinal “Harvard Grant Study”? Success in life comes from having done chores as a kid!

 

Music education:

• If you want your children to make their first steps towards the Nobel Prize, begin their education not with maths or chemistry. Begin with music!
• Music as an essential part of education
• A child’s brain develops faster with exposure to music education.
• How music trumps reading for childhood development

 

Science & nature:

• 3 ways to help primary students love science.
• The New York Times: how walking in nature changes the brain.

 

Teenagers:

• What teenagers need most  from their parents.
• This is scary video. Teenagers and the risks of social media (thanks Merche for the link!)