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The act of writing stimulates thought, so when you cannot think of anything to write, start writing anyway. – Barbara Fine Clouse Reflective writing is a purposeful exercise in which one evaluates his /her experiences, practices, skills and response to learn... More »
An integral part of the design process is brainstorming your ideas. Tom Kelley in his book The Art of Innovation, Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, shares seven secrets to brainstorming. 1. Sharpen the Focus Good brainstormers start with a well-refined statemen... More »
Western thinking is based on “analysis.” In order, to understand information, to understand situations we need to analyse them. Through analysis, we break down complex and unknown circumstances into bite-sized chunks that we can recognise and with ... More »
“It never about the right thing; it about the next thing. Humans lean into the future, and there is never a settling point. ” – The Runaway Species – Anthony Brandt & David Eagleman In the first chapter of the book, to innovate is h... More »
If we wish to inculcate 21st century skills in the children we teach surely we have to apply and implement these skills first as teachers in our own work, planning and preparation. How do we achieve this, if this is what we seek to deliver? And should the mode... More »
If the goal of instruction is to prepare students to accomplish tasks or solve problems exactly the ones addressed during teaching then deeper learning is not required. The advances in technology have reduced the demand for routine skills rather for success in... More »
Educational research continues to produce material at a far greater speed than any teacher can read. The concepts of “deeper learning” and “21st-century skills,” these two concepts are often found in educational research and futuristic writings on what... More »
The goals for schools are changing, the curriculums of the world are changing, but is the practice in the classroom changing? An analogy of the world according to Charles Hardy, is that the network we have is critical and we can expand that network by explaini... More »
High order thinking skills are becoming more and more a focus of the curriculum, but how do we keep ourselves focused on including these in our teaching. Reasons for keeping these skills included in the curriculum include: The need for strategies to solve comp... More »
Anyone can have an idea. If we are all supposed to be equal before the law, we are even more equal before the idea. The right to see something from a new perspective belongs to us all. And because it is a personal, internal right we choose to exercise, no one ... More »
Technology adoption in the educational environment is a challenging endeavour, especially for the teacher at the front of the classroom. The demands placed on teachers continue to grow. With each school offering a technology integration solution to the parent ... More »