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Education is a Fundamental Driver of Personal, National and Global Development
World Economic Forum 2014 “Education is fundamental driver of personal, national and global development” “Global leaders must commit to...

Karen Walstra
Jul 8, 20171 min read


Encouraging awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Creating an awareness of students about the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, should be a focus of teachers. Linking these goals into...

Karen Walstra
Jun 30, 20172 min read


Evolve your School, begin a Revolution
Schools have existed for a long time, but they need to evolve! We need an education revolution to address the fast pace of change and to...

Karen Walstra
Jun 12, 20172 min read


New Beginning #EvolveSchool
I am beginning my Educational Consultancy again! I would love to explore changing education with you and your school! #EvolveSchool Each...

Karen Walstra
May 18, 20172 min read


The Future Of Knowledge - Radio Discussion
CliffCentral.com - The Future Of Knowledge Futurology on 15 Feb 2017
Educational Change radio discussion
CliffCentral Interview
Feb 15, 20171 min read


Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces
Why change the classroom layout? Why change and rearrange the classroom furniture? Our classrooms are often so stayed and old fashioned,...

Karen Walstra
Mar 3, 201412 min read


Colours for the Classroom
Colours for the Classroom, for example: using a variety of colours in a classroom reduces passivity and boredom.

Karen Walstra
Jan 7, 201412 min read


Exercises for the brain, in the classroom - exploring neurobics
Neurobics encourages us to use, as many senses as possible to create strong and multiple associations, therefore when we remember the...

Karen Walstra
Jan 6, 20148 min read


Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, an inspiration
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela - our Nation's Father. Rest in peace! (18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013) I was privileged to have met Pres....

Karen Walstra
Dec 6, 20133 min read


School Assessment - whole school planning
Create valid, reliable and credible assessments for each subject taught throughout the academic year

Karen Walstra
Oct 24, 20134 min read


Programming / Coding - what many schools are not teaching but should
Programming / Coding - what many schools are not teaching but should

Karen Walstra
Oct 23, 20134 min read


Augmented Reality (AR) for Learning & Teaching
Augmented Reality for Learning & Teaching. Teaching ideas for teachers to get AR into their lessons

Karen Walstra
Oct 16, 20134 min read


How sharing sporting gear with others builds self values
At the end of a sports season when children have grown out of their sports kit, what do parents do with the old kit? Could we use this...

Karen Walstra
Oct 13, 20133 min read


Quick Tasks To Encourage Problem Solving
Keeping creativity, curiosity and interest alive in every child, should be an area each teacher is aware of. Our teaching styles and...

Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20132 min read


Quick Problem-Solving Tasks Answers
Here the the answers problems of the blog entitled: Quick Tasks to Encourage Problem Solving Match problem answer: Coin problem solution...

Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20131 min read


Using QR Codes at School
Using QR Codes at School - QR stands for Quick Response, as you get the information quickly from the QR code and onto your mobile device; t

Karen Walstra
Aug 14, 20133 min read


Re-Imagine Education
Re-Imagine Education in South Africa was a talk I gave at TEDx Braamfontein, 2012 June 13 at DoubleShot in Braamfontein!

Karen Walstra
Jul 23, 20134 min read


Outreach Programmes - Five Considerations
Outreach programmes five ideas to consider: Attitude, Funding, Sustainability, Partnership, Relevance

Karen Walstra
Jul 17, 20133 min read


Why include MOVEMENT in every lesson!
Movement and Learning Our bodies are built to move, yet often our teaching strategies still insist on children sitting for long periods...

Karen Walstra
Jul 16, 20137 min read


Kruger National Park: Game Reserves, natural classroom
I love the Kruger Park, it should a resource all children can experience and physically attend for lessons and learnings

Karen Walstra
Jul 3, 20133 min read
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