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Episode 62 – Timeline through the ages Music focused.
This episode is a series of 4 on the timeline through different routes. 1. Academic (continuation through school), 2. Music, 3. Arts and 4. Sports. The musical route is still under definition as I am living through it. I described a timeline with my generic experience and people I met. Music journeys are a true…
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Episode 61 – Timeline through the ages Academic focused.
This episode is a series of 4 on the timeline through different routes. 1. Academic (continuation through school), 2. Music, 3. Arts and 4. Sports. The academic route is about getting educated in general which covers going to school and home education. I described a timeline with my generic experience and people I met. Click…
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Episode 59 – What about Be a Music Scholar? Part 2.
Follows on from Episode 50 and 51 Music scholar The musical journey is long and hard. I met a 15 yr old who spent 10 years playing the cello. I think it is the environment, mentality and attention to detail that makes the difference. *Author is not a musician. Edinburgh Music Competition Festival This annual…
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Episode 58 – How to be a scholar scientifically?
What does the Science of Learning say? Broadly speaking there are 4 main learning styles according to the VARK model; 1. Visual, 2. Auditory, 3. Reading/writing and 4. Kinesthetic. There are many other ways of classifying learning styles. Visual and Kinesthetic are more common. A lot of people are multi-modal, meaning they learn well with…
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Episode 55 – Discovering Robotics at McRobotface Robotics Club
Story so far for aged 5 to 7 Educational robots are designed with a purpose, which is to lead kids to discover coding and robotics. (I do agree with their research claims). The robotics club has been really rewarding. The club seems to be more popular with the aged 5 to 7 group. I designed…
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Episode 52 – Update on BE a Scholar Tuition
Scholarship options are clues. Academics, music, art, and sports can all lead to scholarships. Our BE a Scholar Tuition (BEST) is primarily interested in the level of what these scholarships represent. Scholarship represents acknowledgement of a high standard. A panel of subject matter experts (SMEs) have decided that the child has achieved a high level…
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Episode 49 – McRobotface Robotics Club
Educational Robotics should be here… Earlier this year, I wanted to start a robotics club with crowdfunding and achieved about 10% of the target so let’s look at the results in the younger 4 to 7 yrs old and the older 8 yrs old onwards group respectively. Younger age kids – Parents and concentration time.…
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Episode 48 – Focus on Social Capital – A new academic year
A new academic year is starting Let’s define the approach for the academic year 2024/2025. What does BE a Scholar Tuition offer? King’s Scholarship remains the academic benchmark that we strive to guide our students to reach in their subject of interests. The approach is to improve the educational environment where possible to ensure efficient…
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Episode 46 – From Concept to Reality – part 1
Value and Deliverables The benchmark from Episode 45 shows that I am a few templates, programmes, and key performance indicators (KPIs) away from some sort of “business”. While every private tuition is trained on answering every and any questions under the sun, I instead want to use our curiosity to find the questions that when…
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Episode 45 – Benchmark against the Private Tuition Market.
Who’s who? My approach is defined so let’s discuss and compare with what else in the Market. The competition is obviously well established and provides value. I have experience as a student, and an instructor of one. One that sprung up all over town recently, one that you can go while you do your groceries,…
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