Dear colleagues, a warm hello to you all! School is the place where children spend more than 60% of the time per day … Has anyone thought about how does the building we studied in, or worked in, or where our children are studying right now, make any difference in the quality of education?! Do you think the way the building is designed, its colors, shapes, the light, the space, etc. have an impact on how children learn and on their happiness?! My personal opinion is yes, indeed very continue...

Dear colleagues! Warm greetings to you all! I know that many of you are these days busy writing proposals, responding to the opened calls and delivering trainings, and in general, planning the Agenda for the 2012 to make it more and more interesting and captivating! Am I right?! Well, this is to get back to you with some interesting issues, based on my personal experience in trying to do some things mentioned above! As you may recall, end of 2011, I was sharing with you and interesting call continue...

By using electricity to energize neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, researchers are hopeful that they have found a harmless and drug-free way to double the speed of learning. (Source: Scientific American). It is a very interesting research. Is it possible to energize neuron circuits without electricity? Do learning energizers (warm-ups) have a similar effect on brain? continue...

As much as we would like to think that, put on the spot, we would do the right — and perhaps even heroic — thing, research has shown that that usually isn’t true. “People are routinely more willing to be critical of others’ ethics than of their own,” said Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School. Most of us say we admire people who stand up for what’s right (or what is eventually shown to be right), especially when they are strong enough to stick to continue...