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Are you willing to be disturbed? Free
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,...
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A trip to China Free
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...
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What do you believe about learners? Free
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...
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A trip to the US Free
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...
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What's on this website? Free
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...
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Are you a modern educational leader? Free
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...
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IB Global Conference Free
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...
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What is our (subject) story? Free
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...
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IB and ‘Character’ education Free
At the heart of IB visuals is an image of the child and student. IB programmes are about developing the whole person - heart, mind and soul. But how does it do this? I have been faced by this question...
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Memory
Our knowledge of the past is ultimately based on memory. Personal memory is essential to self-identity, is gives us a sense of identity. Historical memory (in the form of eye witness accounts) is relied...