TOK - a curious subject
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is a curious subject. It is at the heart of the IB Diploma Programme, but do teachers really understand what it is about and why it is so important? This page provides a quick...
This Generation
This blog merely captures two videos I came across recently. Recently I have written blogs about the challenges of the complexity and fast changing nature of our times. However, we should never forget...
Are you willing to be disturbed?
In 2002 Margaret Wheatley wrote an essay called “Willing to be Disturbed.” It was first published as a commentary on how confusing the world seemed to be post 9/11. However, I think it offers us, as educators,...
A trip to China
I am returning from a three-day trip to China, a guest of an educational group based in Shanghai who are committed to providing high-quality international education service for Chinese students, who will...
What do you believe about learners?
Our first, and it could be argued our main, job is to engage students in the learning process. Afterall, it is all about their learning and not specifically about our teaching. Engagement is about helping...
A trip to the US
I have just returned from the United States where I have been co-facilitating leadership workshops. I was last there a year ago and things have definitely changed in this time. On this visit it is hard...
What's on this website?
As author I have access to a dashboard showing me which are the ‘hot pages’ – pages on the website that are being continually revisited. It will not be a surprise to you or I that these are IB specific...
Are you a modern educational leader?
8 attributes of modern school leaders “A new breed of educational leader is emerging from all parts of the globe. It’s a leader that fully understands the fundamental challenges to traditional teaching...
IB Global Conference
This is a brilliant time to be a learner. Today we have access to so much information, so much knowledge, so many people, so many technologies. There may never have been a better time to be a learner...
What is our (subject) story?
We expect students to learn and retain a lot of knowledge. But how do we ensure that what we are teaching makes sense to them? One way of engaging students in the big themes of your subject is to structure...