Rewriting the Curriculum: How to Teach Thinking in Every Lesson 15 August, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini When I taught at university, I had a class for final-year students on pedagogy. I often told the students that the goal of education shouldn’t be to help children simply solve questions, but to help them question the question […]
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Educating Minds to Question: Understanding and Teaching Critical Thinking 8 August, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini Picture a child in your classroom or at your dinner table. Her name is Nia. She is bright, thoughtful, and endlessly curious. Lately, her questions have started to make you pause. “Why do I have to learn this way
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Beyond the Posters: How Schools, Education and Sports Organisations Can Build Environments for Growth Mindset 1 August, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini In every classroom, learning space, and sports field, there’s an invisible current flowing beneath the surface. The beliefs, routines, and unspoken rules that shape how children think, feel, and grow. We usually refer
The Foundation of Learning: Strategies to Cultivate Self-Esteem in Education 25 July, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini Before a child learns to write an essay, they must first believe they have ideas. Before they solve a problem, they must trust they are a thinker. Before they step forward to speak, they must feel their voice
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The power of Praise in creating resilient learners 18 July, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini Regardless of the role you have in supporting learning, you’ve probably heard the following phrases a thousand times: A coach pats a teen football player on the back after a game. “You’re a natural goal scorer,” he said, grinning, hoping to lift
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Developing a Growth Mindset: Strategies Around the World 11 July, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini When research finds its way into schools and education settings, it often arrives stripped of its complexity. Rich, evidence-based ideas are condensed into simplified messages that are easy to share but harder to truly understand or apply. We’ve all
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How to Grow Your Brain: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Learning, Mistakes, and Motivation 4 July, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini Picture a child standing at the base of a climbing wall, their hands chalked, eyes wide and focused. They grip the first hold, pull themselves up, the excitement grows, and they start to climb.
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Welcome to the Coffee & Theory Blog 18 June, 2025 Author Dr Will Zoppellini Thank you for stopping by. Whether you’re a teacher, educator, parent, tutor, coach, or someone who simply cares about how children learn, you’re in the right place. Over the course of this blog, I’ll be exploring theories and research from