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The Future of Learning
Apologies for the lack of new content. I have been a busy working behind the scenes whenever I have had the time available. I will return to regular content updates soon. In the meantime, here is an interesting video about … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Education News, News, Teacherhood
Tagged change, Education, learning, mentoring, Online Media, schooling, YouTube
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Book: Will I Ever Be Good Enough?
Since I read a lot of books about psychology, relationships, mental health and related topics, I will post reviews of books that I have read. This time I am writing about a book that helped me a great deal to … Continue reading
Iconic Australian Animals
How well do you know your native animals? I studied biology at university and actually had the nickname “bio-boy” in high school because of my passion for the subject. However, I was embarrassed recently when I discovered I could not … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Homeschooling, Teacherhood
Tagged animals, Australia, Biology, birds, fauna, Fauna of Australia, fish, mammals, marsupials, monotremes, placentals, reptiles, snakes
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RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms
This is a thought-provoking video. I agree with much of what Ken Robinson says, however, from an economic point of view governments have limited incentives to change or improve the education system. In fact, I would argue that the problems … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Education News, Water Bird
Tagged adhd, animation, anxiety, anxiety disorder, creativity, Divergent thinking, Education, History, inventiveness, K through 12, Ken Robinson, medication, over-medication, pedagogy, RSA, RSA Animate, schooling, video
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How to Self-Discipline Your Child
One of the most common complaints from parents and teachers concerns how one should discipline children, and yes, you read the title of this post right. This will not be another article explaining how important rules are and how essential … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Bird, Parenthood, Teacherhood
Tagged anxiety, Best interests, Child, Child discipline, Children, compliance, disciplinary, discipline, Home, obedience, Parent, perfectionism, Reinforcement, rule based, rule based discipline, Rule of thumb, rules, Scissors, self-discipline, Teacher, training, values
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Introducing Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a topic we are going to be talking about a great deal at Four Birds Education because it is the core of good mental health and consequently the core of the Water Bird theme. So it is entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Teacherhood, Water Bird
Tagged apathy, false-love, guilt, healing, identity cults, innner peace, loathing, love, maturity, mental health, narcissism, negativity, personal growth, pride, psychology, self-apathy, self-esteem, self-healing, self-loathing, self-love, self-nurturing, self-protecting, self-value, shame, spiritual well-being, well-being
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