Learning Under Pressure

This is a podcast that I made recently, on retrieval practice. This is something that is used in adult learning, and can be used in childcare. What is retrieval practice? Well, it is another way of saying pulling information out of your memory, instead of continually studying/re-reading the same information.…

Over the past few years, I have experienced changes in my classrooms and had many discussions with colleagues. One of the big changes is that parents won’t say “No” to their child. It is almost a taboo word. I am not sure when or how this shift occurred, but it…

Since writing about the $10-a-d scheme that had many parents praising the low cost childcare, the government have paused the scheme. They have since acknowledged the frustrations of childcare centres, and the lack of funding to support them with this scheme. Read all about it here: Within the article is…

After connecting with my learning partner, we discussed different things that were happening in our respective fields of study. Whilst there seemed to be a vast difference between Welding and Early Childhood, there were similarities in the conversation. One if the big differences in the trends for welding was the…