“Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.” – Marian Wright Edelman The lives we are now living are laying down cultural and ecological tracks that will define the lives of future generations. Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make […]
I was delighted to have been invited to present at the recent Asia International Schools Conference (AISC) in Hong Kong last week. Here I presented the findings of my published research which explored the effects of the ongoing school closures in Hong Kong (due to Covid-19) on teachers’ mental wellbeing. REFLECTIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS: Adopting […]
Interview with Alice Mong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9m-tWAVGA
Barak Obama once said: “Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.” Empathy is the ability to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their […]
Each time I walk past this closed playground, I feel not only nostalgia, but also an element of concern; thinking of all the young children that are perhaps missing out on a vital part of their social-emotional development as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. My own children spent many hours in this playground on […]