The advantage of having so many drafted posts is that the history adds even more context. The title and notes around this post have been sitting in my drafts since October 2022. That’s nearly 4 years ago. The core provocation that I needed to get off my chest at the Read more
Time and again, when it boils down to what parents want from school, one key finding emerges: They want their child to be happy. It’s a bittersweet outcome given the hand-wringing and pedagogical knots education gets itself into. If only children were happy… Perhaps the deeper meaning is a desire 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
“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
This is probably going to sound arrogant and presumptuous, but the notion that people describe themselves as a ‘Speaker’ has really been annoying me. So many profiles where people seem to think that listing themselves as a speaker is some kind of descriptor for talent. Whether it’s keynotes, presentations, or Read more
This post is an edited version of the short presentation given at Teachmeet Melbourne on Saturday 30 November 2013: I find myself at an interesting transition in life, one where I am trying to look at systems with fresh eyes. What my work-life will look like is too early to Read more