Education Incorporated (Edu Inc) Private School

About Education Incorporated (Edu Inc) Private School

Edu Inc is a registered, affordable, IEB Private School in Fourways South Africa teaching grades 4 to 12 with 10 children per class. Choosing the right school for your child is one of the biggest responsibilites of being a parent. With our very small classes, each child is assured personal attention from our qualified and caring teachers. As a mainstream IEB GDE-registered and Umalusi-accredited school, our Matrics write the same exams as the other private IEB schools you are familiar with. We’re extremely proud of our 100% pass rate and look forward to answering any questions you may have about Edu Inc. This podcast channel will give you some insight into how Edu Inc operates and communicates with its community.

Publisher

Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Sept 2018

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Fuelled From Within: Understanding Motivation | Jax Atchison

   Jax Atchison (Edu Inc | Educator and Self-Determination Theory Specialist) unpacks SDT for students, parents and teachers This fireside chat is for the entire Edu Inc community - students, parents, and teachers - and gives everyone a shared vocabulary around self-determination theory (SDT) so that motivation can be understood, discussed, and improved at home and in the classroom. Hosted by Gershom alongside Mrs Atchison, who has already trained Edu Inc's teaching staff in SDT, this conversation brings that same framework directly to the people it affects most. Jax Atchison walks through the foundational work of psychologists Richard Ryan and Edward Deci, explaining why motivation has nothing to do with talent or intelligence and everything to do with three psychological needs: autonomy (volition, not just independence), competence (the feeling of getting better, not a fixed skill level), and relatedness (the proven impact of who you surround yourself with). She unpacks why every human brain is wired to be curious, vital, and self-motivated - and what conditions cause that to break down. The episode maps the full motivation spectrum from amotivation through external regulation, introjected regulation (guilt, shame, fear), identified regulation, integrated regulation, and intrinsic motivation - explaining what each stage looks and feels like for a student, a parent, and a teacher. Gershom and Jax are honest that flow state and pure intrinsic motivation are MicroMoments, not a permanent condition, and that healthy functioning mostly means operating in the identified regulation zone. For parents, the episode delivers specific, practical guidance: why the word 'should' is one of the most toxic motivation killers in the English language; why consistent rewards and star charts ultimately undermine intrinsic motivation (the Ryan and Deci puzzle-payment study); why surveillance feels like control and kills autonomy; how to give reasons for rules without negotiating them away; and why autonomy-supportive parenting means keeping guardrails in place while offering genuine choices within them. Jax also explains why rewarding the process rather than the result is the single most important shift a parent or teacher can make. For students, Jax offers five concrete steps to move one place to the right on the motivation spectrum: find your own reason for doing a task; find your challenge edge (the Goldilocks zone between boredom and anxiety); choose your room carefully because we internalise the value systems of the people we spend time with; notice whether your fuel is guilt and shame or genuine purpose; and protect the activities that already bring you joy. Procrastination is reframed not as a character flaw but as a diagnostic symptom of an unmet need in autonomy, competence, or relatedness. And the episode closes with one of the most counter-intuitive insights in the research: action comes before motivation, not the other way around.

2. 

   15 May 2026

   Small Schools by Design: Why Size, Relationships and Culture Beat Scale

   A German micro-school head on family, purpose and intentional education This fireside conversation is for parents, psychologists and anyone working with children's wellbeing who is questioning whether a small or micro school is a legitimate choice rather than a compromise. Christian Convence, head of a family-run micro school near Aachen in Germany, joins fellow small-school head, Gershom Aitchison, from South Africa to explain why their schools exist, what drives families toward them, and what children actually gain in a small, intentionally designed learning environment. Christian traces his school's origins from 1995, when his father resigned from closing down state schools, through a 2004 monastery purchase and steady growth to a deliberate cap of 150 students. He explains the German Abitur system, how international students from China navigate it, and why his school's flexibility to prepare students without being bound by internal grading gives struggling learners a genuine second chance. The episode directly tackles the three most common objections to small schools: poor socialisation, lack of sport, and obscure credentials. Four students, Jesse, Paola, JP and Miles, speak unscripted about being academically rebuilt, forming authentic multi-grade friendships, and learning to resolve conflict rather than avoid it. Parent Philip shares the story of his daughter who said she would rather die than attend her brother's small school, and who then loved it within a day. Teachers and education consultants add evidence from Australian research on parental involvement collapse when small schools are merged, Stellenbosch University research on class size versus intentional pedagogy, the Gates Foundation's one-and-a-half-billion-dollar small-school study, and Bloom's Two Sigma findings. Teacher Ishaan Singh introduces the IQ, EQ and AQ framework used daily at Edu Inc, arguing that emotional intelligence and adversity quotient are the real predictors of university and life success. The conversation closes with a sharp strategic question every small school must be able to answer: if your school disappeared tomorrow, what would your community lose that no large school could replace? For parents weighing a small private school, this episode provides honest voices from inside the model and a confident, evidence-rich counter-narrative to every standard objection.

3. 

   19 Feb 2026

   Capacity Building | Candice Yorke, Counselling Psychologist

   Gershom Aitchison hosts counseling psychologist Candice Yorke and educational leader Jacqueline Aitchison to explore one of the most urgent questions facing parents, educators, and teens today: how do we move beyond merely surviving to truly thriving? They unpack why the modern obsession with constant happiness—fueled by social media, the wellness industry, and diluted self-help promises—often leaves us stuck in coping mode rather than building meaningful, flourishing lives. Drawing on positive psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and real-world experience with adolescents, the conversation challenges the pursuit of endless highs and instead champions purpose, contribution, emotional capacity, and the courage to sit with discomfort as the true path to well-being. The speakers differentiate happiness (often inward and fleeting) from flourishing (outward-focused, meaning-driven, and built through service to something greater than ourselves). They explore how over-protection, victimhood culture, avoidance of frustration, and the biomedical “quick-fix” approach can unintentionally foster learned helplessness in young people—robbing them of agency, grit, and lifelong resilience. Instead, they advocate intentionally building capacity first: creating a bigger “dam” to hold life’s challenges so resilience and grit can follow naturally. Parents, teachers, and teens will leave with practical insight into the team sport of growth—where schools, families, and young people all have roles to play. This isn’t about slogans or Instagram wellness; it’s an honest call to stop diagnosing only what’s wrong, start strengthening what’s strong, and embrace the uncomfortable work required to live with purpose and flourish. Key takeaways: - Pursuing constant happiness is often self-centered and unsustainable; flourishing comes from meaning, contribution, and service to something bigger than yourself. - Growth requires discomfort and frustration—avoiding these robs young people of motivation to learn, build skills, and develop true capacity. - The biomedical model can over-pathologize normal struggles and create learned helplessness; building strengths and agency must come first (medication has its place but isn’t the full solution). - Capacity precedes resilience and grit: it’s the inner resources that get you back up after life knocks you down—without it, resilience can’t activate. - Over-protection (removing all discomfort) and victim/rescuing/persecutor dynamics (Karpman’s drama triangle) unintentionally teach helplessness instead of agency. - It takes a village—parents, schools, therapists, and the young person themselves must collaborate; real growth is a long-term team effort, not a quick fix or solo journey.

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