In two weeks my new book will be out! That is exciting. Anyone who has written a book will tell you it is a labour of love. This book took nearly a year to write, edit, and compile. So much learning. That’s what it’s about really- the book, I mean – all about the learning …
Projects, dreams, maybe something simple or maybe something huge. I wonder have you ever walked down a path to do something where you were driven and really went for it? I have two to share today, one happened in the space of a half-hour early this morning, and the other has taken over a year. …
Published! This is the story of a remarkable few months that took me and 5 students 6000 miles across the ocean. Well, this book (like me) is slightly different… I had that confirmed when I received this reply (rejection!) from a big publishing house: Dear Laura, Thank you so much for your submission. It …
I haven’t written on this blog in a very long time. Academically it is the busy season… strange though, classes end and it gets busy. I haven’t been idle, and have been writing. In fact I have been writing to the tune of 72,300 words that have come together in the form of my first …
Nearly there! In 2015 a group of my university students and I had an extraordinary adventure as we set to make a dream that would take us 5000 miles away to work with a group of students in California into a reality. It was one of those things that on paper just wouldn’t seem possible. …
It’s all about that #YesICan. Self-efficacy. The book. This Tuesday 5:30-6:30 GMT is the time to share and celebrate, and yes, the event will be live-streamed. I’m not so good at celebrating or accepting compliments of any sort, and somehow I have managed to make this event into something that I am really looking forward …
‘Yes I Can’ is partly about having that growth mindset but it is more than that. It’s what happens when you have it. There are huge differences between fixed concepts of ability and the expanding conception of capability. There are reasons for fostering beliefs about capability, self-efficacy beliefs, in people. Self-efficacy is about having a …
This book has been a year in the making and a longer time bubbling away in the back of my mind. It is a book for all teachers, and for students too – across all areas of learning (it is not a music book). I cannot promise any instant solutions to cure all self-efficacy issues, …