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Education Episodes

Oct. 23, 2024

110: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with eminent Psychologist David Yeager

Send us a text When kids hit puberty they become driven by a core motivation that many of us adults don't fully appreciate. It's not simply fun, or sex; they're looking for experiences that give them social status and respect...

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Sept. 18, 2024

105: How grades harm school students and what we parents can do about it.

Send us a text Grades are used in education the world over, but why? With the growing mental health crisis in teenagers I've been exploring how experts are asking whether perhaps it's time we looked again at the role grades p...

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Aug. 28, 2024

102 Why our obsession with grades fails everyone. An interview with Exam Nation author Sammy Wright

Send us a text What is school for, and are exam grades a good measure of a human? Does someone's grades tell us what we should know, or are we being misled? Do grades help children grow and engage with learning, or do they si...

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Aug. 7, 2024

99: Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Email from a step-parent

Send us a text In the West, we tend to see success for late teens as passing exams, getting into further education or getting a job, and moving on with life. So when we received an email from a mother, concerned for the welfa...

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