Psychology for Teaching

It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to …(more)

Mar
23

Mastery

Having talked about this very same thing (in a more general context) in our psychology tutorial only 2 weeks ago, I thought it was serendipitous that I encounter this article discussing 4 stages in mastery:

  1. Unconscious incompetence
  2. Concious incompetence
Feb
19

Vygotsky and the ESF

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is a Hong Kong-based international school system, featuring 17 schools and 3 kindergartens. I worked at the ESF for 3 years: 1 in a primary school, 1 in a secondary, and 1 at the Foundation Management Office.