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The Mind Friends Podcast helps students to progress to high performance learning while maintaining good mental health. Dialogue is the key to unlocking and exploring academic potential and mutual flourishing.
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Jan 24, 2021
Jan 24, 2021
4 min
Chapter 2 of Mark's Gospel read in support of the AQA GCSE course on Mark's Gospel.
Jan 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
8 min
At GCSE, AQA Religious Studies offers a study of Mark's Gospel as an option. Since Mark's Gospel was meant to be read aloud these episodes follow the whole Gospel chapter by chapter.
Jan 22, 2021
Jan 22, 2021
26 min
Science and Religion is a big topic at GCSE and A-Level. This remote lesson during lockdown explores the main issues.
Mind Friends is a resource for students, using Socratic Dialogue. The goal is to foster good Mental Health and High Performance learning.
Schools are welcome to contact Mind Friends if they would like to submit a recorded lesson dialogue for inclusion on the Mind Friends Podcast. Contact Father Mark at mark@mind-friends.com
Jan 20, 2021
Jan 20, 2021
5 min
We all experience stress in different forms. Sometimes a degree of stress is helpful because it motivates us. But stress that lingers can make us feel unhappy and can even make us unwell, physically as well as mentally. In this episode, Mark offers two very simple ways to switch off the fight/flight/freeze part of the brain and engage the more creative, logical part. Simple but so effective.
Jan 1, 2021
Jan 1, 2021
11 min
Father Mark is the founder of Mind Friends and has been a teacher for 26 years. He has discovered that Socratic Dialogue provides huge benefits to students and enhances high performance learning in a context of friendship and well-being. He speaks about some of the benefits and encourages schools to record episodes for the Mind Friends Podcast.
Schools are welcome to contact Mind Friends if they would like to submit a recorded lesson dialogue for inclusion on the Mind Friends Podcast. Contact Father Mark at mark@mind-friends.com
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020
12 min
Year 11 students enter into dialogue on the topic, "The Problem of Evil" in GCSE Religious Studies.
The mind friends podcast is where we use Socratic dialogue to master the syllabus. Exam results are important but at the same time, what we learn can change the way we live.
As Socrates said, The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. Today we call it Wellbeing. So Mind Friends is all about helping students to master the syllabus, in dialogue with friends and teachers, in a way that strengthens wellbeing and enriches life. Everything we learn has the potential to change our lives, either positively or negatively. Think well. Live well.
Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
9 min
Year 11 students, Tallulah, Johnnie and Peter from King's College, Taunton dialogue around the Design Argument for the Existence of God in GCSE Religious Studies. They discuss the basic premise and strengths versus weaknesses.
Mind Friends is a resource for students, using Socratic Dialogue. The goal is to foster good Mental Health and High Performance learning.
Schools are welcome to contact Mind Friends if they would like to submit a recorded lesson dialogue for inclusion on the Mind Friends Podcast. Contact Father Mark at mark@mind-friends.com