Author Archives: fourbirdseducation

Homeschooling in Australia

Posted on 15 August, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

When I tell people that I am working on a business that promotes and supports homeschooling one of the first questions people ask me is how many children are homeschooled in Australia. Typically I can immediately bring up statistics for … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Bird, Education News, Homeschooling, News, Parenthood | Tagged ABC news, Australia, bias, Education, Herald Sun, HomeSchool, homeschooling, mainstream media, media bias, news, report, State school, statistics | Leave a comment

Introducing Narcissism

Posted on 12 August, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

Narcissism is term you have probably heard used often in psychological contexts, but I want to stress here that when I talk about narcissism on this website I am actually using a lot of my own ideas. My definition of … Continue reading →

Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Teacherhood, Water Bird | Tagged Borderline Personality Disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Disorders, DSM, Health, Mental disorder, mental health, narcissism, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, psychology, Rosenhan experiment, self-esteem | 1 Comment

Making Trigonometry Interesting

Posted on 10 August, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

Trigonometry is a branch of geometry; one of the major fields in mathematics. The name literally means, “the measuring of triangles” (from Greek trigōnon “triangle” + metron “measure”). As a child in school, I had a hard time understanding why … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Bird, Earth Bird, Homeschooling, Teacherhood | Tagged Education, fun math, fun maths, geometry, Math, maths, practical mathematics, Right angle, Right triangle, Teacher, teaching, teaching math, teaching maths, Triangle, Trigonometry | 2 Comments

Writing a Journal

Posted on 6 August, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

Attaining mental health is not a simple task. Just as we live in a world full of germs and parasites that can infest and harm our bodies, we also live in a psychological world of relationships with other people which … Continue reading →

Posted in Adulthood, Water Bird | Tagged Communication, Diary, Emotion, independence, journal, mental health, psychology, self-acceptance, self-awareness, self-care, self-esteem, self-help, self-love, Thought | 2 Comments

The Future of Learning

Posted on 30 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 | Leave a comment

Book: Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

Posted on 18 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 →

Posted in Adulthood, Books, Parenthood, Water Bird | Tagged book, Karyl McBride, mental health, narcissism, Narcissistic, narcissistic daughters, narcissistic families, narcissistic mothers, Narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, Personality, self-esteem, self-help | 1 Comment

Iconic Australian Animals

Posted on 12 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 | Leave a comment

RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms

Posted on 11 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 | Leave a comment

How to Self-Discipline Your Child

Posted on 10 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 | 1 Comment

Introducing Self-Esteem

Posted on 9 July, 2013 by fourbirdseducation

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 | 1 Comment