Play time or learning time?

Mainstream education has very clear cut times throughout the day scheduled for ‘learning time’, which takes up the majority of the day, and ‘play time’, usually 2 scheduled blocks of 15 minutes plus however long the child has left after lunch. For arguments sake, let’s say this is around 30 minutes. That’s an hour ofContinue reading “Play time or learning time?”

What is ‘education’?

Education is something I think about often, and love to hear others’ views about. Does education, as most dictionaries will tell you, simply pertain to ‘systematic instruction’? Certainly, I would agree that the education system here in the UK does seem to fall under the above definition. I have, however, come across another definition ofContinue reading “What is ‘education’?”