The School of Life Archives - Watch and Talk Method

26 Oct How To Be a Good Teacher – guided video

Posted at 10:55h in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Complete Lesson Plan, Guided, Guided Video, Management, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, The School of Life

What is the difference between a “good” and “bad” teacher? Come to think of it, what is a teacher (apart from the obvious!)? What are the common traits and characteristics? Is it always down to the teacher - are there good and bad students, too?...

29 Mar In Praise of Bias

Posted at 11:55h in Business, C1 - Advanced, Non Guided, Partial Lesson Plan, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science, The School of Life

This (rather highbrow!) video argues that bias is not inherently negative and that the pursuit of complete objectivity and factual accuracy is often misguided. While facts are important in certain areas of life, many of the big questions that humans face have no definitive answers....

15 Oct What is Emotional Intelligence?

Posted at 07:28h in B1 - Intermediate, B2 - Upper-intermediate, British, Management, Non Guided, Partial Lesson Plan, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science, The School of Life

Many of humanity’s greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It is through the acquisition of Emotional Intelligence that we stand to become better lovers, workers, friends and citizens. We are rarely systematically taught...

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/lsd-as-psychadelic-therapy/8452814

15 Oct The Incredible Promise of Psychedelic Therapy

Posted at 06:41h in B1 - Intermediate, Non Guided, Partial Lesson Plan, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science, The School of Life

There is a form of therapy which is, right now, illegal but which, according to the video stands to become a dominant way of doing therapy over the coming years and may become the principal route by which many people will heal from their traumas....

23 Nov Why an Ordinary Life Can Be a Good Life

Posted at 12:11h in Art, B1 - Intermediate, Partial Lesson Plan, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, The School of Life

We live in an age with a high regard for extraordinary lives – that is, lives that the vast majority of us will never lead. Our heroes have made outsized fortunes, appeared on gigantic screens and demonstrated unique virtue and talent. Their achievements are both...