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Researcher of the Month: Dr Jo Van Herwegen Discusses the Impact of Neuromyths on Children’s Outcomes

Our researcher of the month, Dr Jo Van Herwegen, talks to Dr Weston about her recent paper, which examines the prevalence of neuromyths surrounding common neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly among educators. They discuss the detrimental impact that neuromyths can have on young people and why it’s important for parents and school staff to understand more about neuromyths and for teachers to receive more training in this area.

November 2, 2021

Challenge Levels for Learning

When children are learning, they should ideally feel challenged, but not overwhelmed. It’s important to help them recognise how different types of tasks make them feel, what aspects of their learning they might need to challenge themselves further with, and also what kinds of things they find hard to approach, which could make them feel out of control or panicky, potentially reducing their levels of motivation. Encouraging them to reflect on their learning, how they feel and strategies they can use to help, is an important part of becoming an effective, metacognitive learner. Use this template to prompt discussion at school or at home.

September 7, 2021

Books to Help Normalise Mistakes

It’s really important to ensure that mistakes are seen as a normal part of learning, innovation and effort. This list contains books for young people of all ages, which will help them to see that mistakes are there to learn from and that they are welcome in your home or school.

April 17, 2021

The Normalisation of Mistakes in Family Life (and Why it Matters)

Normalising mistakes in family life is crucial in building children’s resilience and giving them the confidence to give things a go, even when they might not get them right the first time. After all, the greatest innovators and inventors in the world made countless mistakes on the road to creating something magnificent. Find out why it’s so important to ensure that, in your household, mistakes are seen as a normal part of learning, innovation and effort.

April 16, 2021

Helping Your Child Become a Highly Effective Learner: Tips from the World of Philosophy

We’ve teamed up with The Philosophy Foundation, experts at bringing philosophy to young people. In this resource, we explore the philosophical concept of ‘aporia’; feelings of confusion and perplexity, which many children may go through at school, or at home, in their learning. These are often emotions that get overlooked or are considered to be negative. But aporia is actually an essential experience on the way to insight and understanding, especially with regard to new knowledge. These top tips on how to help children recognise and work through these feelings come straight from those in the know!

April 9, 2021

How to Ask Questions Effectively: Top Tips for Unlocking Children’s Thinking

Asking children questions and then allowing them to think through a response is a great way to activate their thinking. We’ve teamed up with The Philosophy Foundation to bring you some top tips for asking questions effectively and unlocking young people’s potential. They work just as well whether you are a parent at home or a teacher at school. Give some of these strategies a try and let us know how they go.

April 8, 2021

Books for Enquiring Minds: Encouraging Children to Think Philosophically

Following our interview with Peter Worley from The Philosophy Foundation, we decided to collaborate on a list of books that can encourage children to think philosophically. It features books about encouraging philosophical thinking for teachers, parents and young people, as well as children’s fiction and poetry with a philosophical flavour.

February 27, 2021

Dr Weston Talks with Peter Worley: ‘Doing Philosophy’ with Children

In this podcast, Dr Weston talks to Peter Worley about how to cultivate philosophical enquiry in children. They discuss what philosophy is, what sort of questions will get our children thinking philosophically and what the benefits are, both at home and at school. Peter, who is CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, outlines his own dialectical method for teaching children philosophy in the classroom.

February 9, 2021

Oracy: Why is it so Important?

Dr Weston shares her thoughts and advice on how parents can help to develop children’s oracy skills (speaking and communicating ideas effectively) through simple family conversations. She also explains why this is so important to their development and attainment.

October 19, 2020

Homework: 20 Important Things for Parents to Know

When completed regularly, homework can play a significant role in our children’s progress and learning. Read our top tips on how to make homework work for your family.