La Yurta, active education in Southern Spain
La Yurta is an association of families whose main objective is the promotion of respectful upbringing and active education. La Yurta, which inherits its name from nomadic dwellings typically used…
Is intelligence something fixed? Fixed Mind-set vs Growth Mind-set.
Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University, published a very interesting study she ran with middle school students. She asked the students a simple question: is intelligence something fixed…
Building A Positive Environment In The Classroom Through Constructive Responding
Shelly Gable, professor of psychology at the University of California, has studied the effect of constructive responding and identifies four possible answers (MindTools, s.f.): Active-constructive: The teacher shows interest, enthusiasm…
Students as teachers
I recently visited an high school in Cambridge, UK and observed an activity that certainly caught my attention. In a class, two different courses (year 6 and 7) were mixed.…
Inquiry-based learning in action
I recently visited a high school in Cambridge, UK and had the opportunity to observe the class dinamics. The main methodologies used were inquiry-based learning and experience-based learning. Inquiry-based learning…
Grit and Success
Grit is having passion and perseverance to achieve long-term goals. A student has grit when in spite of the frustrations and difficulties they go ahead, persevering on the challenges and…
Self-Control
Self-control is the ability to control our impulses, emotions and behaviors in order to achieve long-term goals. To understand the importance of self-control it is necessary to cite one of…
Character Development
In his book Manual of virtues and strengths of character, Dr. Martin Seligman and Dr. Chris Peterson identify six classes of virtues constituted by 24 character strengths that determine the…
Holistic Education
Holistic education emphasizes the need for the individual to define their identity, the meaning and purpose of their life within the community in which they find themselves. Miller proposed that…
Pedagogies based on the development of thought – Waldorf School
Pedagogies based on the development of thought present two main currents: Waldorf pedagogy and the scientific pedagogy of the Montessori school. Both models respect and emphasize the individual mental, spiritual,…