Supporting online learning
Blog, Educator Insights | March 4, 2016
The opportunity to study International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subjects online has been available to students around the world for the past six years. It is an option that gives schools a way to deliver an innovative blended learning approach that suits many... 
War of the ghosts
Blog, Psychology | February 18, 2016
Frederic Bartlett was a British psychologist who specialised in experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge. He is most famous for an experiment called “War of the Ghosts” (1932), which demonstrated the constructive nature of memory and the influence of... 
Cognitive Impacts of Social Media and Digital Devices
Blog, Psychology | February 9, 2016
Interesting research exists about the impacts social media has on attention and emotions. Regarding attention, the research tends to focus on the issue of multitasking. What we are actually doing is not multitasking, but task-switching, which is switching from one... 
Do your genes determine your entire life?
Blog, Psychology | January 7, 2016
One might believe, after studying the correlational studies of Bouchard et al (1990), that most of our behaviour is genetically determined. However, what is missing in this discussion, is the interaction between environment and genes – how some environments can... 
Your mood swings may give you an evolutionary advantage
Blog, Psychology | November 21, 2015
Hmmm really? Let us do some critical thinking here. You are studying evolutionary psychology and the claims that many human behaviours have evolved over time to ensure the survival of the best adapted to our environment. While this theory, based on Darwin’s...