“Psycho-Cybernetics”, Maxwell Maltz, 1960, ISBN 0671700758, a good read. Teachers and parents understand the terms ‘conscious mind’ and ‘subconscious mind’. In Maltz’s interpretation, your conscious mind dictates your actions. It stimulates your fight or flight responses, and guides you through your day-to-day activities. Subconscious mind In contrast, your subconscious mind is the real you. It […]
A common concern of parents who send their children to coaching schools is the school’s failure to recognise the talent of their child. The advantage of coaching This perhaps goes to the purpose for which schools were established, firstly, to teach and secondly, to grade. It is not Master Coaching’s role to teach children. We […]
Just recently a TV documentary explored the conundrum. That Finland, a country that has banned homework, is ranked first in the world in educational results. The implied suggestion for Australia was to ban school homework and improve Australia’s educational standards. Which, as we saw last week, are low in comparison to other OECD countries and continuing […]
Does the Finland education system have answers for the rest of the world. Or, is their world class performance just some aberration? Firstly, we must look at the results and see if their many differences attribute to these results. Differences in Finland education system Finland is out of step with the rest of the world, […]
Hi, my name is Robert Ollis, for the next few weeks I will be the educational columnist for the Western Weekender. My credentials As well as my academic qualifications my credentials for this position are as follows: 1. I was a State High School teacher for eighteen years in four different large high schools in […]
HSC examination High school in Australia culminates with the HSC examination, a grading process that generally determines the starting pathway for a great majority of students. It is difficult to under-estimate the importance of the HSC examination, but maybe it is possible to over-estimate its importance. Many professionals have made successful careers, after a HSC […]
There is no doubt that there is a huge amount of brilliant teaching occurring in Australia as confirmed by the eminent scientist and professionals that Australia has produced. Nevertheless, there is amounting evidence that many students are falling behind. And for them, school is just a continuation of failed expectations and disappointment. It doesn’t have […]
Last week we looked at Australia’s OECD world ranking of mathematics performance by Australian students aged 15. PISA The Program for International Student Assessment, (PISA), ranks Australia 25 th out of 72 countries with Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan filling the top 4 positions. It is interesting to compare the educational experiences of students […]
Our coaching philosophy Our coaching philosophy includes the belief that: 1. All children Love to Learn 2. Every child has unlimited potential to achieve Our belief structure is supported in literature by Maxwell Maltz, “Psycho Cybernetics” and Colin Rose “Accelerated Learning”. Psycho-Cybernetics uses the power of subconscious mind, the part that scientists now believe holds up to 90% […]
There is an old proverb: “Give a person a fish, feed them for a day; teach them to fish feed them for life”. Education, like fishing, is the gift that keeps on giving. There are many gifts that you can give your children, some last years; others don’t survive beyond the first day. Education, like […]
