What is a habit? It’s something that you habitually do. It’s something that you are habituated to. Habit used to be the word for clothing, these days, we only see this meaning in the phrase a nun’s habit or a monk’s habit, but if clothes maketh the man, in modern times habits, and good ones…
Exam season is upon us, and nervous pupils prepare themselves for what feels like the most significant and serious examinations of their lives across the northern hemisphere. Of course, as adults, we know that exams are just ways to open doors to new opportunities and all is not lost if young people don’t quite get…
“What have you done today to make you feel proud?” Heather Small’s rising vocals drift from the speakers across my living room. As humans, we seem not to be allowed to be proud of anything. Pride comes before a fall doesn’t it? We can be proud in a sort of self-deprecating, humorous kind of way:…
What is retrieval practice, and why is it so important? Let me tell you a story: I have a degree in both French and German, but due to the nature of the schools that I have recently worked in, I haven’t taught German for some years. In 2016, I found myself in a hotel in…
