On November 2nd 2023, Gavin McCormack, globally renowned Montessori educator, founder of EducationInfluence.com and co-founder of...

To study another language is to study another people. To study their literature, music, art, science, engineering, daily practices and...

The Subject and its Beginnings “We consider that geographical investigation, as much as any other subject, to be a valid concern for the...

Comedy and Critical Thinking 'Oh yeah, well that was nothing like a good...' *sigh* a jibe I hear all the time in response to my puns....

This is a question that has bedevilled philosophers of all disciplines, authors, and many other academics for a very long time. It is...

This is literally a curriculum above the regular, exam-orientated curriculum. Hannah Young, one of my connections on LinkedIn, posted an...

The Definition of Colour: A Classically inspired Critical Thinking Exercise “Colour is an effluence from shapes which is commensurate...

“You can come to understand yourself, absolutely, but never, never with the frenzied eyes of the self, the self which is the mere...

So said Thucydides about his aim for his work and the lasting power of the lesson he intended to confer. His History of the Peloponnesian...

Why should we study ancient science? Surely, we have moved on, developed a far more accurate understanding of the world with tools that...

Is it about bravery? is it about talent? Is it about courage in the face of despair? Is it about championing a cause? Has our concept of...

Such was the name that physicist Max Born gave to the ‘primordial substance’ that his colleague Werner Heisenberg concluded was the...

Using the term 'useful’ in education winds me up hugely. Why? Because I do not find it very helpful. It is often very narrowly conceived,...

Sophocles’ Ajax is a wonderful play, but it is certainly not the one that first springs to most people’s mind when you say ‘Sophocles’....

Well, it’s a pretty big, debt and a very cool one. The word 'debt' itself comes from the Latin verb 'debeo' - to owe. Some of our most...

Hello All, Welcome once again to my EducationInfluence.com blog. Today, I just want to tell you about why, I decided to join...

08/10/2021 ‘As a rule, a great teacher will also be a great learner.’ Is this true? I think there is truth in it. A teacher who is...

Socrates: The Great Teacher-Learner part I (07/10/2021) I have never been a fan of the ‘teaching’ versus ‘learning’ dichotomy. ‘They...

Gold, Silver, Bronze, all familiar prizes at the Olympic games and, indeed, other sporting events. Now, back in 2004 when Athens hosted...

A shorter version of BloggusClassicus’ Wordy Weekly. This one will cost you ‘six squid’! Ha ha ha…ha?’ Never mind. Well, a squid is a.....