Spanning the Chasm: Promoting the Cultural DNA of Learning
As those of you in education who have followed my ramblings for a few years will know, I’m passionate about better learning outcomes for students and the relationship achieving this … Continue reading
Building Empathy with PBL | Edutopia #EmpathyDay
Project-based learning can cultivate collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking across the grades. In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, fostering collaborative, empathy-driven learning experiences is crucial for equipping students with the … Continue reading
Using ChatGPT to Support Student-Led Inquiry | Edutopia
Positioning AI as a mentor or simulator of real-world scenarios can promote student inquiry and aid project-based learning. ChatGPT may generate inaccuracies, which become learning opportunities for both the students … Continue reading
Preparing Students for PBL Presentations | Edutopia
Project-based learning often culminates in a presentation for an audience beyond the classroom, and students need a lot of practice to be successful. Name the elephant in the room: Public … Continue reading
An Interdisciplinary Unit on Climate Change | Edutopia
Combining several content areas can guide students to develop a deep understanding of how climate change affects them and their community. The goal of using informational text and interpreted data … Continue reading
Follow the Science!
Michael Lawrence has become a regular correspondent. His field of expertise is Finnish education and how it can be applied to other contexts, in his case in his native Australia. … Continue reading
A Framework for Fostering Rigour in Project-Based Learning (PBL): Hexagonal Thinking
The move away from a content-led curriculum and towards more project-based learning characterises the determination to give pupils more agency, control, independence and autonomy in their learning. However, there is … Continue reading
Testing 3, 2, 1: Michael Lawrence Calls Out Standardised Education Practice
Like myself, my colleague Michael Lawrence is very taken with the Finnish education system and the reflection and professional thought that has gone into its creation. The welfare and development … Continue reading
How Project-Based Learning Can Teach Empathy in School | Edutopia #EmpathyDay
When PBL is personal to students, it can provide more than just content knowledge – it can also foster important connections. All communities have unique histories that can enlighten and … Continue reading
Boosting Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum | Edutopia
Visible thinking routines that encourage students to document and share their ideas can have a profound effect on their learning. Visible thinking routines can be an excellent and simple way … Continue reading
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021 | Edutopia
From reframing our notion of “good” schools to mining the magic of expert teachers, here’s a curated list of must-read research from 2021 from Edutopia. Not surprisingly the main focus … Continue reading
The School Newspaper… with an online twist!
In an increasingly sterile knowledge-based curriculum, the school newspaper provides an opportunity for pupils to write creatively, purposefully and for an audience whilst embracing skills such as collaboration and teamwork … Continue reading
Project-Based Learning – Dispelling Some Myths
We have long argued the importance of Project-Based Learning (PBL) as a vehicle for increasing student advocacy and engagement towards raising standards. Indeed, countries like Singapore and Finland, who perform … Continue reading
Re-Examining Success: A time to review the fundamentals of British education
There seems increasing disillusionment in the UK regarding the purposes and practices of education and increasing numbers of teacher are looking towards a fundamental re-think of the whole education system. … Continue reading
The Geo-Inquiry Process | National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society has a five-step PBL model and resource library to foster deep learning. The Geo-Inquiry Process relies on using a geographic perspective, offering a unique lens to … Continue reading
Philosophy for Children – Enhancing Cognitive Skills
There have long been advocates of Philosophy for Children (P4C) who have promoted the idea that dealing with the elements of thinking in a rational and systematic way would promote … Continue reading
Boosting Executive Function in Teenagers
The teenage years bring a certain amount of hormonal mayhem to young people at the very time that they are required to exercise more responsibility for organising their lives. The … Continue reading
Learning We Need – The Case for Rigorous Project-Based Learning – A Special Event | Edutopia
In a world filled with challenges, students who enthusiastically tackle problems and design solutions are needed. Project-based learning is a proven way to engage young people in authentic, relevant, and … Continue reading
The Flipped Classroom: What is it and How Do You Create it?
The flipped classroom is a key concept in the development of more imaginative learning strategies. But what is it and what are the educational considerations underpinning? In essence, the flipped … Continue reading
A World Class STEM Challenge for your pupils … but you need to move quickly!
It has been very gratifying to see that despite the present difficulties in learning in the Coronavirus pandemic, so many schools are determined to bring their pupils the very best … Continue reading
Enrol your school to be part of a world-class STEM experiment design project in association with NASA and have your experiment flown to the International Space Station
As well as authoring books on future learning, one of my great joys has been to work with ISSET to inspire young people to world on world-class collaborations with NASA. … Continue reading
A View to the Future: Sub-10
Good to see my old friend and colleague Peter Stephenson has found his groove with his company SUB 10. Turning ‘have to’ to want to’ sounds good to me! …our … Continue reading
Why Project-Based Learning (PBL)?
One particularly difficult task for schools to maintain during the Covid 19 pandemic has been learning continuity. Part of this difficulty is self-imposed by secondary schools tending to structure learning … Continue reading
Towards a New Curriculum… Challenging Hierarchies of Subject
A major misalignment between the curriculum on offer and the curriculum required to support the development of 21st-century learners is the assumed hierarchy of subjects. Where the curriculum is expressed … Continue reading
Music collaboration across two continents… technology promoting cultural education!
Good to see my friend Phil Rooke receiving some recognition for his musical collaboration across two continents… we should be doing more of this. Working between schools in Australia and … Continue reading
The Vital Importance of Play in Learning
Pirjo Suhonen and I have had a number of online conversations about effective learning and she is my ‘go-to’ educationalist for insights into Finnish education. One of our areas of … Continue reading
The Legacy of Sir Ken Robinson: the Challenge and Opportunities of a New Curriculum and Assessment Model
The sad death of Sir Ken Robinson brings the end to the good-natured and robust thinking about how the future of education might be built. Sir Ken not only defined … Continue reading
Finland – Showing the Way With a Subject-Less Curriculum
The idea that a curriculum can be constructed around subject knowledge has always been suspect… who decides which content and does the content reflect contemporary needs or historic antecedents? As … Continue reading
Exploring Social Justice Issues Through Project-Based Learning | Edutopia
The open-ended work in project-based learning can help students explore issues that matter to them. Source: Exploring Social Justice Issues Through Project-Based Learning | Edutopia
The Thinking School: Linking Culture, Quality, Systems and Teams for Better Learning
I’ve been realigning my portfolio for schools and have the following elements of support available for all. 1. Learning Renaissance Educational Professional Development Insights To gain an international perspective on … Continue reading
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