C.E. Jottings

Nurturing Wellbeing - 2 seminars from Social Pedagogy Development Network #CondEd

In a recently received notice from the Social Pedagogy Development Network: Nurturing Well-being From averting adversity, to supporting recovery from trauma, and increasing happiness, well-being plays a central role in social pedagogy across the spectrum. As a holistic and relationship-centred approach, social pedagogy aims to create a learning environment that enhances physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual well-being. This relies on our ability to develop authentic relationships with the people we’re supporting – relationships in which we engage with head,... Read more →

Eight Elements for Successful conductive education ? Pick your own.

I've been reading "Eight Elements for Success". It's a free iBook from Apple Education. The book introduces eight elements that are the foundations for successfully creating technology-rich learning environments. The eight elements "represent what we’ve learned from over 30 years of working with education leaders to envision, plan, implement, and evaluate environments that meet the needs and aspirations of their institutions.” What of conductive education? In a moment I will list Apple's eight elements, but first we must be clear... Read more →