What kind of world are our preschoolers going to be prepared for when they finish school in 2025?” “Traditional learning extracts meaning from context and we need to put it back again.” In January this year it seemed everyone was Tweeting and Retweeting about “The School Without Walls” in Stockholm. It was a result ofContinueContinue reading “Vittra: The school without walls, Stockholm-style #SCIL”
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Finnish National Board of Education: So many questions, and so little time #SCILFinland
“The objective of Finnish education…is to guarantee all people…equal opportunities and rights to culture, free quality education and pre-requisites for full citizenship.” Our first full day in Helsinki started with a session at the education authority. While it was formally titled “Learning from PISA success”, the realty was an informal conversation on a range ofContinueContinue reading “Finnish National Board of Education: So many questions, and so little time #SCILFinland”
Day Zero – SCIL Conference tour to Finland. Follow our adventure #SCILFinland
According to the Weather Channel, our arrival in Helsinki tomorrow will reach the heights of -1C, with snow showers. Thats a little different to the beautiful Sydney day that I leave behind today. Why am I going to Finland? I am taking a group of 16 educators and architects to attend the OECD Centre forContinueContinue reading “Day Zero – SCIL Conference tour to Finland. Follow our adventure #SCILFinland”
The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (The world is changing…it always will) Part 2
Who would have thought a camera in a mobile phone would bring down a household name? Longstanding business models, like Kodak, can’t assume that the way things have always been, is the way things will remain. In the same way, the longstanding ‘business model’ that is school education needs to look at the times andContinueContinue reading “The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (The world is changing…it always will) Part 2”
The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1
Like me, you may be an early adopter on the change continuum. We are excited by the new, we are intuitive and see that throughout history change, as the point was once made, is the only constant. This was particularly brought to mind in the last week with the bankruptcy announcement of Kodak. The mostContinueContinue reading “The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1”
Reflections of Rwanda: 3. Where are the girls? #Rwanda2012
A highlight of my time in Rwanda was meeting Joy. She was a three year old when the genocide took her father. A recent graduate of Sonrise School in Musanze, Joy is warm, articulate and intelligent. I was taken by the professional way that this young woman showed us around the school. She recently finishedContinueContinue reading “Reflections of Rwanda: 3. Where are the girls? #Rwanda2012”
Reflections of Rwanda 2011: 1. You can dream big #Rwanda2012
This generation of young people in Rwanda can dream bigger than their parents could ever imagine. In the Musanze region in Northern Rwanda tourists come to Kinigi see the gorillas, the home of the ‘Gorillas in the Mist’. On the short drive from our hotel we traveled through villages, where Rwandan people were going aboutContinueContinue reading “Reflections of Rwanda 2011: 1. You can dream big #Rwanda2012”
School education: What can we do to make 2012 a tipping point for irreversible change?
2011 has been a fantastic year for me and I am excited about what 2012 will bring. I left teaching about 12 years ago, disenchanted with a system that was bogged down in traditional thinking, I didn’t know the term ‘industrial-era’ back then. I could see that school was becoming disconnected from the real worldContinueContinue reading “School education: What can we do to make 2012 a tipping point for irreversible change?”
Disruptive innovation: a relentless pursuit that challenges the status quo
When I was growing up the Gregory’s was the essential street directory in everyone’s glovebox. I can remember feeling car-sick trying to navigate as a passenger while my father drove, turning the book around to know whether it was a right or left turn coming up and my parents heated discussions about missing a particularContinueContinue reading “Disruptive innovation: a relentless pursuit that challenges the status quo”
Become an educational innovator & disrupt! 5 key skills to develop
This week I briefly spoke to our key leaders about innovation, an integral part of the DNA at SCIL. A culture of innovation is essential to achieving our vision and values. Our 21stC life is a result of innovation. Innovation differs from improvement because it disrupts. It messes with the way we do things, itContinueContinue reading “Become an educational innovator & disrupt! 5 key skills to develop”
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