Thriving in Community: Peer Mentoring

Thriving in Community: Peer Mentoring

We’ve long been turning education on its head in Singapore – in all the best ways, of course. So reading this recent article in Channel News Asia was a much-appreciated affirmation that we’ve been long doing the things now recognised as the path forward for our...
Defying Apathy To Learning Actively

Defying Apathy To Learning Actively

There exists an unspoken assumption – that the acquisition of knowledge, regardless of personal interest, is inherently valuable.  Yet, as personal anecdotes and research from psychologists like Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang suggest, the consequences of learning...
Innovation’s Double-Edged Sword

Innovation’s Double-Edged Sword

Innovation – it’s the buzzword that echoes through the world of education, excited as we are as a society, in general, about the advancements we’re creating in this modern era. On the face of it, the idea of innovation promises a brighter future.  Picture this:...
The Design of Liberated Spaces

The Design of Liberated Spaces

When we think about schools or learning spaces, it’s never just the subjects or the teachers that shape our experiences.  At Imagine If we know this very well–we’ve always aspired to push the envelope on what it means to be really fulfilled educationally. We...
The Art of Not Parenting

The Art of Not Parenting

Parenting: a crossroads many of us find ourselves at eventually, somewhere between asserting control and giving our children the space they need to flourish. “Good parenting” –who’s to say what that even is? From developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik’s The...
Rethink Discipline; Transform Behaviour

Rethink Discipline; Transform Behaviour

The battle of wills between teacher and student, and even parent and child, is one that is age-old.  Beneath that brews a powerful shift in the way we understand the children in our care by leaning into a relinquishment of control.  We know–this is probably hard to...