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Category: wellbeing

Written by strictlypositiveblogJune 3, 2019

Teachers’ poor mental health & stress affects student outcomes

As if more proof were needed that mental health issues in schools are a serious problem for young people in education, it seems that their teachers’ poor mental health adversely affects how well students do in school. A 2018 Dutch report describes a world where one in five teachers experiences burnout symptoms, where teacher’s workload […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogFebruary 8, 2019

10 reasons why Finland’s education system is (still) the best in the world according to the World Economic Forum

A number of simple changes have transformed the nation’s education system into one of the world’s most successful. http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/10-reasons-why-finlands-education-system-is-the-best-in-the-world

Written by strictlypositiveblogDecember 10, 2018December 11, 2018

Step away from the BUY NOW button! What really makes people happy.

If you want a depressing read as an antidote to all the festive consumerism this holiday season, and a really, REALLY good reason to draw a line under the list of gifts you’re collecting for little Johnny or Gina, you could do worse than to pick up a copy of ‘Born to Buy’, by Juliet […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogDecember 6, 2018

Every day’s a learning day for a teacher at the gym

I have concluded that there is almost no activity which doesn’t teach me something about teaching. Freed from some of the rigorous constraints on my time by leaving a school environment, I’ve taken to a daily gym session to force me out of bed, refresh my mind and body and ready me for the challenges […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogOctober 17, 2018February 27, 2019

10 ways to build positive relationships with students.

  If you have to share a classroom with 30 young people, it’s an awful lot easier to get things done if there is an understanding between you, a tacit contract that you will treat one another with respect, that the students will let the teacher teach, and the teacher will help the students learn. […]

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