KATE MARKLAND | THE JOURNAL
The Answers Are in the White Space.
Reflections on imagination, trust and the power of being heard, at eight or at eighty.
Thoughts and Evidence
Where Is the Child in All of This?
There is a remarkable absence at the centre of the vast apparatus of education research, policy, and intervention. The child.
Boys' Literacy Crisis: 7 Mistakes Schools Make
Boys are behind girls in reading by age 15. Two thirds of the bottom 10% are boys. The seven systemic mistakes schools make when trying to close the gap.
When Children Can't Tell Their Story
One in five children in the UK experiences adverse childhood experiences. What happens to their voice when no one asks the right question.
How Storytelling Protects Children Before Harm Starts
Why early intervention through storytelling is the most effective protection a child can have before harm starts.
BOOK KATE TO SPEAK
Build a world together, and trust follows.
Your people are being asked to trust each other across distance, across generations and through constant change. Most have never been shown how.
Kate Markland has. For a time she had one hour a week with her son Gabriel, on a FaceTime call. They spent it building a world. She asked one question, wrote down everything he said and corrected nothing. That world became three books and a method tested in nine UK schools.
In her keynote, Create the World You Want, Kate shows your audience how trust is really built, and gives them a method they can use the same evening.
For leadership, education and family audiences.
Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
