If you’ve been watching the series Redesign My Brain with Todd Sampson, you’ll be familiar with the work of neuroscientist Dr Michael Merzenich. Dr Merzenich is a world authority on brain plasticity – the idea that the brain can continually re-wire itself. Hence, the term ‘soft-wired’. Sam Seidel, author of Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education also believes … More Remixing schooling
If you ask the general population about their perception of teaching, I am sure the response would be 9-3pm working day, lots of holidays. Teaching is a profession that is still defined by its (industrial) conditions. The scope of teachers work remains categorised by a school week, a school term or a school year. The … More The tip of the iceberg
Jack Jeffries is a Year 10 student at Parramatta Marist High. I invited him to write a guest blog as we don’t hear student voice enough when it comes to mapping the future of education. His thoughts follow… Six months ago I spoke at the International Conference for Teaching and Learning with Technology in Singapore (ICTLT). It … More Schools are still important
I have lost count of the number of curriculum reviews I have lived through as an educator and I’m yet to be convinced that past or even current curriculum reviews actually address the real issue of how teachers’ work. It is one thing to strip back a curriculum to allow teachers greater flexibility and freedom to go deeper … More Beyond curriculum
I’m in Singapore this week, giving a keynote and doing a workshop for the 3rd International Project Based Learning Symposium. It is easy to see why Singapore is among the world’s top five performing school systems when there is such a strong focus across the education sectors on developing learner and teacher skills such as … More From the outside in
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