Let me give you a snapshot of myself. I like people, I enjoy conversation. I am quite comfortable in settings where I don’t necessarily know anyone. I don’t find it difficult to strike up a conversation with a new person. I’m fairly confident communicating with small and large groups. I actually enjoy a goodContinueContinue reading “How open learning space can work for introverts, extroverts & ambiverts: D.A.R.E.”
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Psychoacoustics of learning environments: A people-centred approach to noise
As I write, it’s a rainy day. Our small apartment is on the top level of the building, located on a semi-busy road. Not a highway nor a freeway, more of a connection between suburbs. I’m quite used to the steady stream of traffic noise and today, as it’s raining, so there is the addedContinueContinue reading “Psychoacoustics of learning environments: A people-centred approach to noise”
Silence is golden? Perhaps it’s measure of good-old-fashioned teaching. But is it the measure of great learning?
This headline caught my eye: “Australia’s classrooms among world’s noisiest” As I talk to educators and school leaders about rethinking the way we contextualise education the question of noise regularly rears its head. There is a generation of educators and parents who are under the impression that a good education (teacher-centred) can only occur inContinueContinue reading “Silence is golden? Perhaps it’s measure of good-old-fashioned teaching. But is it the measure of great learning?”
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