James Heal

Caring and sharing: promoting wellbeing

James Heal suggests teachers, students and managers look after each other.

More heads are better than one: encouraging collaboration

James Heal confesses that he prefers collaboration to competition, but he finds room for both in his young learner classroom.

The challenge of children: tips for young learners

James Heal, who once dreaded teaching classes of children, offers a series of tips, based on his own experience, on how to take on the challenge of teaching young learners.

Homework or no homework? That is the question

James Heal is in favour of homework, but with a more flexible format: it doesn’t have to be boring, compulsory or set only by the teacher – and it should definitely not be used as a punishment.

Weathering the storm: teachers surviving rough seas

James Heal believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has promoted teacher resilience and creativity, and he encourages us to hold fast to the helm in hope of smoother seas ahead.