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Supposed Problems With Small Learning Communities

1. They Can't Be Scaled Up Some people in the educational establishment eventually recognise the overwhelming evidence that small learning communities or similar maybe can work. However, they claim the...

Supposed Problems With Small Learning Communities

1. They Can't Be Scaled Up Some people in the educational establishment eventually recognise the overwhelming evidence that small learning communities or similar maybe can work. However, they claim the...

If Children Are Free To Learn Whatever They Wan...

This is a common question when parents visit SML College. One basis for this assumption is that somehow schools provide a rich, broad, child-centred curriculum that prepares them well for...

If Children Are Free To Learn Whatever They Wan...

This is a common question when parents visit SML College. One basis for this assumption is that somehow schools provide a rich, broad, child-centred curriculum that prepares them well for...

The Impact of Covid 19 on SML College

The following is an extract from the last chapter of ‘Self Managed Learning and the New Educational Paradigm’ by Dr Ian Cunningham. It is 29 March 2020 and we were...

The Impact of Covid 19 on SML College

The following is an extract from the last chapter of ‘Self Managed Learning and the New Educational Paradigm’ by Dr Ian Cunningham. It is 29 March 2020 and we were...

What is a Parents' Role in Education?

Much has been written about how important parents are to a child’s education, but often the advice is not all that helpful. Here are a few thoughts on the what,...

What is a Parents' Role in Education?

Much has been written about how important parents are to a child’s education, but often the advice is not all that helpful. Here are a few thoughts on the what,...

A Spanish Reaction to SML College

My name is Esther Russo and I work as a Vocational and Education Training teacher in the CIFP (El Centro Integrado de Formación Profesional) of Lorca in Murcia, Spain. In...

A Spanish Reaction to SML College

My name is Esther Russo and I work as a Vocational and Education Training teacher in the CIFP (El Centro Integrado de Formación Profesional) of Lorca in Murcia, Spain. In...

What is a 21st Century Education?

Some people have suggested that the only change from Victorian schools to those of today is from black to white – blackboards have changed to whiteboards. We still have classrooms...

What is a 21st Century Education?

Some people have suggested that the only change from Victorian schools to those of today is from black to white – blackboards have changed to whiteboards. We still have classrooms...