Everything old is new again, as they say. Sorry, but it’s actually not. What I’m referring to is the current education zeitgeist around explicit, modelled instruction, often summarised as ‘I do, we do, you do.’ Regardless of how people and systems are embracing this, there’s very little that’s new about Read more
Of all the ways to experience the world, sound might be my favourite. I’ve always been captivated by music and audio, ever since I was little. I remember running around the square rug of our family living room in rhythm to my father’s George Benson record ‘Weekend in LA’ – Read more
Like all things on my site, this post has taken its sweet time. But, as with all things, there has been constant transition. I can’t actually pinpoint when my attitude towards what I wanted to do changed, but it’s been a culmination of thoughts, conversations, and activities that’s brought this Read more
This post has been sitting in drafts for a long time. I’ve struggled to articulate the real potential of learning to curate networks, especially for youth. But here goes… Folk have often heard me say that I wish I had the networks I have now back when I was in Read more
So here we are again, in transition. There have been countless waves of change since I last captured my own thoughts; back in August 2020. Jeepers. I have enough distance on 2021 to reflect on the shifts that happened and capture where things are headed. So to put it simply, Read more
“The only time my education was interrupted was while I was at school.” – Winston Churchill. If we asked children and adults what the point of school was, I predict we’d get some bewildered and some generic responses. There’d be the predictable, ‘to be literate’ (to learn to read and Read more
“It is the business of teachers to run not merely schools but the world” – A Sociological Philosophy of Education, 1928. 2020 has received a number of big lessons from nature in the form of fires, floods, and Flu (capital emphasis for coronavirus). Perhaps one of the many by-products from these Read more