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Results homework: bring a source relating to the questions of one-to-one teaching and mentoring that is particularly relevant to you. It can be a quotation from a book, a piece of poetry, or equally it can be a painting or other visual image.
"Does a coach need to have experience or technical knowledge in the area in which he is coaching?
When I think about why these images are so powerful for me I have started to wonder whether my imaginative journey as an actor and…
"The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught".
I would like to share a reflection on the feeling of freedom/ability to express myself in music.
Alex Kelly was my dear teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. This was an excerpt from the reference he wrote for my job application…
„Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful.
It's getting dark outside, we changed to wintertime. It's time to find light inside, and also to find peace and comfort in the darkness.
An ugly picture, a 'who's good, who's bad, who's chicken, who's egg' kind of metaphoring a possible student-teacher relation.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty…
A number of thoughts on the parallels between the responsibilities of nurturing our children and our students.
“If they took away all my paints, I would use pastels, if they took away my pastels, I would use crayons, if they took away my…
For me, the idea of a map symbolises the journey I take with my students.
After coming back I had a couple concerts, and I played them with unusual inspiration and pleasure - still the energy and memories…
Mijn source was een boekje over verschillende stijlen in lesgeven: 'Inspelen op leerstijlen' van Linda de Mol-Wissink. Het gaat over…
My source was a rather personal one. I brought a letter I received by e-mail, from one of my voice students.
I heard this song many years ago, it was released in the mic seventies. But, when I listened to this song recently I was so…
“We cannot make our students learn but we can create a situation in which they want to learn. We cannot learn for our students…
"Attention is an effort, maybe the greatest effort, but it is a negative effort. Thought should be empty, waiting, not seeking,…
Haptonomie is a practice developed by Frans Veldman and Kiek Zeydner that enables you to get better connected to your environment…
"I am not here to buttress your egos; I am here to destroy them. I have to speak against them. My whole work consists in…
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in…
One of the main things is to share experiences and of course the incredible feeling of connection we all get with each others.