Founder, Structural Learning

Paul Main

Clearer thinking,
better solutions.

Twenty years alongside teachers, one foot in research and the other in the classroom, chasing one question: how do we all think and learn?

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01 Career

A career in thinking
and learning.

Based in Cambridge. Working with schools in the UK and around the world.

  1. Psychology

    A psychology degree, then a master’s: how minds work, before how schools teach.

  2. Curious Minds

    Ran a government creativity programme across North West schools, for Creative Partnerships.

  3. Futurelab

    Designed programmes for teachers and helped schools put the evidence to work.

  4. Open Futures

    Enquiry-led learning across primary schools, with children asking the questions.

  5. Structural Learning 2017

    Writer’s Block, the Thinking Framework, and sessions in schools around the world.

Structural Learning was founded in 2017. Career sequence from my Structural Learning profile.

02 Writing

Ideas for the classroom.

Selected writing on Structural Learning.

01 / Structural Learning

Metacognition in the Classroom: Modelling and Examples

02 / Structural Learning

Visual Learning: Dual Coding and Graphic Organisers

03 / Structural Learning

See Think Wonder: 3 Steps and Classroom Examples

All writing & author profile

Publications

Self-published resources on Calaméo.

The Universal Thinking Framework Undated; checked 12 October 2026Structural Learning Innovation Journal 2017 (year printed in document)

03 Recognition

In print, in schools
and in conversation.

Press coverage, course listings, school references and public profiles.

04 Speaking

Keynotes, staff meetings, workshops and full training days.

Remote or in person. Every session puts the Thinking Framework to work on your own curriculum, with Map It, Say It and Build It.

  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking
  • Metacognition
  • Cognitive science
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05 Contact

It’s good to talk.

Please do contact me if you have a project in mind or you are interested in any of the solutions.

paul@structural-learning.com