If you are not yet familiar with the work of Carol Dweck, here is a must-watch explanation of fixed mindsets and growth mindsets. Students with
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Innovation: from buzzword to mindset
It is my belief that innovation is one of our most important goals in education, now more than ever. Our schools, teachers and students must
Inquiry Teacher: Elevate Your Mindset
This week, I had the great pleasure of meeting Trevor MacKenzie, author of Dive Into Inquiry and Inquiry Mindset. He was briefly in Hong Kong with his
My Mandarin mindset
I don’t always get things right as an educator. I make daily mistakes and I have many weaknesses that I’m working on. However, I do pride
Tuning in: mindsets
Like I said in a previous post, I believe that a growth mindset should be encouraged in all of our students and we can continually
Summer reading 2018: eight book recommendations for teachers
For teachers, the summer break is a well-deserved opportunity to rest, travel and re-energise in preparation for the new academic year. For parts of it,
Guest post: Student agency, change and pushing boundaries (by Rebecca Tupling)
Rebecca Tupling is an Early Years (Prep) teacher at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. As an Early Years advocate, she promotes awareness of
What if everyone in your school had your attitude?
I’ve read a lot of tweets recently about teachers’ attitudes. It’s a popular topic, and rightly so. In particular, this question got me thinking: “If everyone
How do your passions influence your teaching?
As part of #pypbookstudy, we are reading and discussing Teach Like a PIRATE by Dave Burgess. In his section about passion (the ‘P’ in PIRATE), Dave encourages
The power of a professional learning network (collaboration with Kriti Nigam)
Kriti Nigam has taught different curricula over a journey of fourteen years. She has been facilitating PYP Grade Five for four years, currently working at
Public speaking F.E.A.R.
I am terrified of public speaking. This isn’t an exaggeration. I’m shy, introverted and have a slight speech impediment (it was much stronger as a
Summer reading 2017: eight book recommendations for teachers
In an older post, Teacher workload: why less is more, I offered ten reasons why teachers’ workload should be lessened in places such as the England (still my
Five maths practices to scrap in 2017
I believe that maths (generally) is a damaged subject. What other subject provokes a lifelong fear in learners? Teachers often focus on the wrong things and
Massive DBC book giveaway!
It’s competition time! On August 30th, I turn thirty. I want to mark the occasion on my blog and take the opportunity to thank all
Year Four Camp 2018
I am loving my new role as Head of Year because it challenges me every day. More so than any other year in my career,
Always be a risk-taker!
That’s it! It’s all over! Another academic year has drawn to a close. What an unbelievably fast year it has been! I love working in
Our duty as role models
As I briefly mentioned in my previous post, I have recently come across a bit of nastiness on social media. This is commonplace on the
Our introverts and the Extrovert Ideal
Since watching Susan Cain’s thought-provoking TED talk (below), I have been meaning to buy her book. I’m so glad that I finally did. The book
Adopting a flipped classroom
The flipped classroom is a buzz term floating around at the moment, but what does it actually mean? Here is a good explanation of it: “By