Secret Teacher: Children shouldn’t feel bad about every tiny choice they make

"...motivating students towards the challenge of climate change - sparks certainly won’t fly in a classroom filled with hopelessness"

"Anxiety in young people is at an alarmingly high level. A psychologist friend made the suggestion recently that some of it might stem from the recession."

One of my favourite teaching methods is the flipped classroom. My students research something and teach it back to the class. I usually do it with fifth years on Fridays. There’s a whole lot of learning happening in the room, I’ve just flipped its delivery. It motivates students, gives them agency.

There’s a lot more we could do with flipping in education. Our approach to climate change being one – the way we talk about it, the tone of our delivery.