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A pedagogy of wholeness part one
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Maths Robots
A Fortnight in the Life Of #5
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Unschooling a Masters Degree
My journey through education has been an up and down affair. As a student who was fairly academic and enjoyed almost all subjects my primary education…
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Germination without rumination
AI software is shifting the sands that state education is built upon
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This essay is a contribution to the fourth Soaring Twenties Social Club Symposium, a monthly collaboration from STSC's writers around a set theme.
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It Begins With Us
A Fortnight in The Life Of #7
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Jack Grealish and the Dinosaurs
The essay below is my submission to the STSC Symposium, a monthly set-theme collaboration between STSC writers. The topic this month is Dinosaurs.
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What is Education For?
A pedagogy of wholeness part two
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Procrastination and Intrinsic Motivation in Self-Directed Education
I have been tricked into starting a blog and writing for the Soaring Twenties Social Club’s symposium, a monthly anthology where each entry from the…
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Mesolithic me, Anthropocene I
Play is child's work, and the world needs us all to be more childlike right now.
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You don't learn to ride a bike, you just get on it one time and go.
Unschooling is the balance bike of self-directed learning
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The stick is mightier than the pen
A poem
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