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A classroom code of conduct

Will you teach cruelty or justice? by Paul H. Sutherland This is a practical article, designed for the STEPi Teaching with Love community. STEPi aims to provide solid tools to help you, in the clas...

Culture Dictates Destiny | Victimhood to Virtue

This article argues that social issues are rooted in our chosen culture and learned behaviours, not our identities. It critiques blame-based narratives and victimhood, emphasising that true progres...

Nurturing a Generation of Confident Voices

In a world where a child's silence can be mistaken for weakness, how do we empower them to find their voice? Discover the two vital skills that build an unshakeable inner shield, transforming vulne...

Do You Know What A “Solutionary” Is?

“Amani the Boda-Boda Rider”, a book which follows a brave, determined young girl named Amani, has been read by at least one million children since it was first printed in 2016. Each time a STEPi bo...

Beyond Luganda: My journey through excelling beyond local languages

Our local languages have played a vital role in shaping a culture-centric education system in East Africa. Uganda’s thematic-based curriculum, for instance, relies heavily on indigenous languages l...

Teacher-Learner Relationship

Positive Teaching Equation: It is important for us to note that we do not teach learning. We inspire learning. We inspire a positive virtue in every child, called curiosity; the strong desire to wa...

Education and Happiness?

When I lived in Uganda, I asked mothers and fathers what they wanted for their children; they all said education. But education is not mentioned much by parents in the USA as a response to what we ...

Transforming Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Happy World Teacher’s Day from all of us at STEPi! In honour of World Teacher’s Day, we wanted to discuss the impact and needs of teachers, specifically those in Sub-Saharan Africa. The COVID-19 c...

Inspiring Positive Learning

When Abel, 13, was asked to imagine any meaningful English word to represent the letter ‘L’, which made up part of the spelling of his name, he was quick and confident to think of his school name, ...

Butterflies and Parenting

Children learn, but what do we want them to learn?  Do we want them to learn to be persistent? Good communicators? Good at relationships? Respectful? Happy? Self-reliant? A self-starter? Able to r...