How Fear Chokes Creativity and What to Do About It

How Fear Chokes Creativity and What to Do About It. I had the absolute joy of attending the Creativity Workshop with Shelley and Alejandro in Barcelona 2011.  A beautiful city and a truly life-changing experience.  Something I would very much like to experience again.  However, fear is a constant barrier to success, not only for …

Building effective school-university partnerships for a quality teacher workforce : a Victorian led initiative – Deakin Research Online

Building effective school-university partnerships for a quality teacher workforce : a Victorian led initiative – Deakin Research Online. ‘Building effective school-university partnerships for a quality teacher workforce: A Victorian led initiative’ project, (‘BESUP’), funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development from 2010 – 2011, was conducted by the research team from the …

10 Tips for New Teachers

Originally posted on Squarehead Teachers:
I absolutely LOVED this article by  Valerie Strauss. I totally wish I had read this before I started teaching! Ha! 1) Listen to advice (your mentor, teachers in the lounge, books for new teachers) — but trust your gut. Your goal is becoming an authentic teacher, one with autonomy, mastery and purpose. You will…

writing with ‘I’ is subjective – and that’s OK

Originally posted on patter:
This is a response to the posts that have recently appeared on patter about writing in the first person (here and here). It comes from Alex Seal. Alex is a first year PhD student and graduate tutor at the University of Surrey in the Sociology department. His research interests centre on…

Hello world!

Welcome to my quest for a sustainable pedagogy through the notion of joyfulness!  I would love to hear and share your ideas with readers who are interested in education, schooling, teaching and learning.  The world is a better place for the sharing and acknowledgement of different perspectives so all views are welcome here.  I hope …