Education

"It's what's right with you that fixes what's wrong"

Chris Dyas vividly describes how he teaches troubled children to be their own therapists.

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Teaching that works: using the human givens in the classroom

Teacher trainer Andy Vass shows how knowledge and application of the human givens approach could help hard-pressed teachers reduce stress and improve the climate in class.

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Extending emotional wellbeing in schools

Stuart Coulden describes an innovative project for enhancing emotional health in diverse school communities.

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Good choices: autism and the human givens

Angela Austin describes how the human givens approach has informed her work to create an emotionally safe place where children with autism can learn.

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How schools are using the human givens approach

Human givens principles have been introduced to over 200 schools and adopted systemically by some. Here, four headteachers provide a vivid snapshot of their impact.

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Targets, inspections and the human givens in schools

Trevor Bailey, head of Worle School, raises issues about the impact of targets and inspections on the well-being of staff and thus on motivation and effectiveness..

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Handle with care

Aric Sigman explains why craft-based skills are as important as academic ones, and need to be taught in all schools.

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How to Educate & Educational Psychology

The essence of what good teachers do is that they enter each pupil's world to discover what they already know, then find ways to connect up new knowledge and/or skills to what already exists in the pupil's mind, thus expanding the learners model of reality.

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HG in Practice

Primary school teaching assistant and HG Diploma graduate, Kashfi Khan describes how she has applied the HG ideas in very practical ways, to the benefit of pupils, parents and teachers alike.

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Autistic children can join in

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