SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

by Sir Peter Birkett | August 2021 | Education Carrots v Canes? Corporal Punishment has been inflicted on children for thousands of years worldwide and opinion has always been divided as to how effective it is.  To force pain and humiliation on a child in order to...
SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

by Sir Peter Birkett | August 2021 | Education FRAMING THE SUCCESSFUL SCHOLAR (PART TWO) Many studies exist on how to predict student drop-out from Colleges or University. Poor attendance, risky social behaviours, low expectations, low achievement and lack of...
SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

by Sir Peter Birkett | July 2021 | Education How To Be A Successful Student (PART ONE) What Makes a Successful Student? The factors which determine a successful student inside and outside of the classroom need to be identified first, and then actioned and repeated....
SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE

by Sir Peter Birkett | June 2021 | Education FRAMING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE In order to gain a detailed understanding of how and why some schools seem to achieve consistently better results than others, we need to inspect the belief systems and strategies employed by...