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In this podcast you’ll hear stories, information and actionable ideas from positive education and wellbeing experts, school wellbeing coordinators, teachers and sports coaches. The purpose of the podcast is that you takeaway ideas that you can execute in your classroom, across your school, at your sports club and in your organisation, plus tips and tricks that you can apply in your own life.
Episode #46 | Chris Ramsden – Learning That Sticks: How Games Build Character and Confidence
The Positive Education Podcast With Ash Manuel
38 minutes 34 seconds
8 months ago
Episode #46 | Chris Ramsden – Learning That Sticks: How Games Build Character and Confidence
In this episode with Chris, we dive into his 30+ years of experience in education and his mission to make learning engaging, meaningful, and growth-focused through game-based learning. Chris, a leader at Accelium Australia, shares how strategy games can be powerful tools for building wellbeing, resilience, and thinking skills in both students and educators.
Why Games Matter for Wellbeing – Chris explains how well-designed strategy games can boost student confidence, connection, and curiosity.
Metacognition in Action – Helping students reflect on their thinking and become more self-aware, resilient learners.
Creating Real Engagement – Why authentic student engagement is more than just participation—and how games can unlock deeper motivation.
From the PE Field to the Thinking Field – How Chris’s background as a PE teacher shaped his approach to building thinking and life skills through play.
Teacher Engagement – Practical ideas for supporting educators to build their own wellbeing while helping students thrive.
Shaping the Future of Learning – Chris’s vision for how we can reimagine schools to be places of deep learning, fun, and personal growth.
Plus much more…
More About Chris
Chris is a Game-Based Learning Consultant at Accelium Australia, specialising in developing thinking and life skills for learners and educators.
He help schools and training companies utilise cutting-edge learning technologies and games-based learning to engage learners and develop and assess thinking skills.
He’s an engaging communicator with a positive can-do mindset, always looking to help educators ignite and engage students with learning.
Chris has received several accolades, including being recognised as an outstanding teacher by the UK inspection body Ofsted, twice being selected in The Educator Magazine Hot List of Innovative Educators in Australia, and receiving The Educator Magazine’s 5 Star Service Provider award in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
He was honoured to be a judge for the Educator’s Schools Awards from 2018 to 2021.
He’s an international educator of 30+ years who, as a former PE teacher, has always used games to engage and inspire students.
Games are microcosms of life, and for the past 17 years, he has used games of strategy to engage learners in the processes of effective thinking, character and strength development, social and emotional learning, metacognition and transference.
Email: chris@accelium.com.au Website: accelium.com.auLInkedin:Chris Ramsden
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The Positive Education Podcast With Ash Manuel
In this podcast you’ll hear stories, information and actionable ideas from positive education and wellbeing experts, school wellbeing coordinators, teachers and sports coaches. The purpose of the podcast is that you takeaway ideas that you can execute in your classroom, across your school, at your sports club and in your organisation, plus tips and tricks that you can apply in your own life.
