Within a shifting global landscape I have been contemplating the elements of school that have remained constant and questioning whether a shake up is needed. Only this week in Australia the idea of a ‘newspaper’ has been thrown into question, as print media realised that the tectonic plates have shifted in this industry, and nowContinueContinue reading “Educational Sacred Cows: Title, Position, Status. Does reinventing school mean reinventing the language we use?”
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Innovative workplaces influencing learning spaces, or is it the other way around? #chickenoregg
What does this make you think of: It’s about choice Get better engagement Freedom of how to work, where to work and when to work Empowering Recognises the spectrum of work styles Different activities requiring varying levels of concentration or collaboration Technology is crucial Improves team collaboration and reduces individual competitiveness All of these phrasesContinueContinue reading “Innovative workplaces influencing learning spaces, or is it the other way around? #chickenoregg”
Disruption or Irrelevancy: The tale of 2 industries – Newspapers & Education #timetoact
There were two main stories being discussed on the radio this morning, as I was getting ready for work. One dealt with a shake up in the print media, because technology and digital media has disrupted the industry and the other, a lack of shake up in education that has resulted in sustaining the oldContinueContinue reading “Disruption or Irrelevancy: The tale of 2 industries – Newspapers & Education #timetoact”
Debating the lecture: Only if students are inspired – An astute academic’s perspective from the 1960s
Henry A Bent was well-known as a chemistry lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, North Caroline State University in the 1960-70s. So famous in these quarters, that he is known for Bent’s Rule In 1969 he published a paper, which is available online, entitled Why Lecture? The paper begins with the statement: For students whoContinueContinue reading “Debating the lecture: Only if students are inspired – An astute academic’s perspective from the 1960s”
Debating the lecture: If so, how long should teachers talk?
The Lecture: The process by which the notes of the lecturer become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either* The term ‘lecture’, generally relates to university, where high level concepts are poured into empty vessels on a regular basis. However, for this discussion it also applies to any learning contextContinueContinue reading “Debating the lecture: If so, how long should teachers talk?”
Debating the Lecture: What is the place of the lecture in today’s education? Discuss.
For many generations the ‘lecture’ has been the predominant method to deliver content to students. In 1706, the term was described as “to address severely and at length”. It has been historically attributed to sitting for a long time and listening to one person speak, “at length” on a topic of expertise. Yet how effectiveContinueContinue reading “Debating the Lecture: What is the place of the lecture in today’s education? Discuss.”
Girls’ education a critical element in eradicating poverty, yet barriers remain. Alice takes action in Northern Uganda
I am concluding my second visit to Rwanda. Over the last few days we hosted a truly international summit that brought leaders and thinkers together, to strategise and to identify actions that will improve education and life outcomes for young people in rural areas of developing nations Joining the summit was my new friend, Alice,ContinueContinue reading “Girls’ education a critical element in eradicating poverty, yet barriers remain. Alice takes action in Northern Uganda”
The Innovation Equation: (skills + design) x passion/purpose/drive = innovation
These are interesting times. We face new problems that need new solutions. The old solutions can’t necessarily translate into the 21st century context. Global financial uncertainty have shifted the tectonic plates. This is not the era of “a job for life”. Many industries are sent offshore, creating employment opportunities in other parts of the world.ContinueContinue reading “The Innovation Equation: (skills + design) x passion/purpose/drive = innovation”
How can we expect teachers to change the way they teach unless we have changed the way teachers learn?
Professional learning for a new paradigm About 12 months ago I found myself sitting in a conference surrounded by hundreds of educators on a topic of 21st Century education, delivered in an industrial-era paradigm. We sat passively, in a big auditorium, then we were herded like cattle to workshops where we sat passively in smallerContinueContinue reading “How can we expect teachers to change the way they teach unless we have changed the way teachers learn?”
“The DNA of a leader needs to be fundamentally different from what it was in the past…be the person you want other people to be” Leadership lessons from a driving instructor.
When your offspring reach a certain age, a sense of fear and trepidation rises. The time has come to teach them to drive. My husband and I considered ourselves good drivers and, at the time, we were teachers, so it seems only natural that we would be excellent driving instructors. We spent several months drivingContinueContinue reading ““The DNA of a leader needs to be fundamentally different from what it was in the past…be the person you want other people to be” Leadership lessons from a driving instructor.”
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