When I walk into a classroom the physical environment shouts at me. It tells me what is valued, how students learn and where the power is. What would this tell you? desks in fixed rows teacher’s desk at the front of the room windows covered with black plastic on both sides to stop lightContinueContinue reading “Space matters. Why must high school students endure bland, ugly, boring classrooms?”
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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”
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”
My Top 10: Making change stick
Implementing and then maintaining lasting change in your school occurs by design, not by default. We want to transform our education system into one that can effectively prepare young people for the many opportunities that await them. To do this change and innovation must become an integral part of the corporate DNA. Transforming schools isContinueContinue reading “My Top 10: Making change stick”
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