Category: Academic News
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Tiger Parenting’ – striking the right balance
Amy Chua first coined the phrase ‘Tiger Parent’ in her 2011 book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. A Yale law professor with two daughters, her own upbringing influenced her parenting……
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Living and Learning – a never-ending education
In one single week in January I was lucky enough to attend three lectures by world-class intellectuals, without leaving my place of work. On Monday night Professor John Mullan,……
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Fundamental British Values
We have long realised that in a school community that welcomes girls from over 20 different countries, we have the opportunity to educate girls in the global community in which……
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Emotional Resilience
Emotional resilience is a term used to describe how well an individual adapts to stressful situations, setbacks or crises. The concept of emotional resilience was originally constructed to measure the……
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The Importance of Learning from Failure
Queenswood was fortunate to have Matthew Syed speak to parents, girls and staff on 21 January. His talk echoed sentiments from his most recent book Black Box Thinking. In speaking……