Trivium 21c ltd.

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  • What Then?

    When all kids have grit, what then? When every school is outstanding, what then? When every target is reached or surpassed, what then? When everyone’s mindset is switched to growth, what then? When all is meritocratic and we all get to where we ought to be, what then? When every twenty-first century skill has been Read more

  • Can You Teach Creativity?

    Yes, you can. I could finish this blog there. But, excuse me going on a bit, I want to look at how you might teach it by exploring the relationship between knowledge and doing. I suppose, for some, this is a chicken and egg issue, what comes first creativity or domain knowledge? Others argue you Read more

  • Conformist Schools for Creativity

     “…there just aren’t enough fizzy people around.” Tham Khai Meng co-chairman and worldwide chief creative officer of Ogilvy & Mather In a ‘Supported by the Best Awards’ piece in the Guardian Tham Kei Meng writes that “Young children fizz with ideas. But the moment they go to school, they begin to lose the freedom to Read more

  • Don’t Panic About Tests

    Originally posted on Trivium 21c ltd.: ‘In some ways I don’t feel like a teacher at all anymore. I prepare children for tests. They’ve not enjoyed it, I’ve not enjoyed it, but we’ve done it : and one thing my children know how to do is answer test questions’  Zoë Brown Zoe and her fiancé… Read more

  • Don’t Panic About Tests

    ‘In some ways I don’t feel like a teacher at all anymore. I prepare children for tests. They’ve not enjoyed it, I’ve not enjoyed it, but we’ve done it : and one thing my children know how to do is answer test questions’  Zoë Brown Zoe and her fiancé Tim Paramour have both made a Read more

  • The Blob Goes Back To Sleep

      The organisers had put together an interesting day, some great speakers were primed to offer their insights, wit and intelligent observations… Then it all went pear shaped or, maybe, blob shaped. Can we separate the fact from the fiction? Will the truth be told? Instead of traditionalists running away from the school of progressives Read more