Popular Fads That Influence Australian School Education

Food wowserism - “childhood obesity epidemic” prevention programmes

Learned optimism depression prevention programme (based on the writings of Martin Seligman)

Self-esteem building programmes and activities (What happened to these kids' self-esteem in the first place?)

Cyberbullying prevention programmes

Edward De Bono’s thinking hats

“All Kinds of Minds” – Mel Levine’s theories about learning

And there was I thinking that getting an education is all about understanding concepts, learning skills, mastering self-discipline, memorizing important facts and generally discovering the wonders of the world around us. Silly me!