Conrad Wolfram – Maths Reimagined
Conrad Wolfram, Founder of Wolfram Research Europe and Computer Based Maths, tells me that we spend around 21,000 average student lifetimes per year teaching the wrong thing in school and calling it...
View ArticleSir Ken Robinson – The Education Economy
It has often struck me that a conflict of interest exists across education systems, state or private, where the awarding bodies of high stakes examinations are also owned by the very same companies who...
View Article11 billion reasons to learn STEM
Tomorrow I’m leaving London for New York where I will be participating in a number events during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) week. It is a week when the largest group of world leaders,...
View ArticleJulia Gillard – Education Activist
Julia Gillard served as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2010-2013 prior to which she was Minister for Education. An active reformer, Gillard...
View ArticleTechnology as a “Sat Nav” for learning?
Digital learning entrepreneur Donald Clark is someone that I find myself often in complete agreement with, or in fierce opposition, but always entertained. On the board of numerous e-learning...
View ArticleTelepathic teaching
Last year I was interviewed by WISE on the present and future of educational technology. I expressed my frustration with the limited impact that digital platforms had achieved within mainstream...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky on Assessment
Herewith another teaser from the Learning {Re}imagined transmedia project coming out on October 1st from Bloomsbury. This time is an excerpt from an interview with social and political theorist,...
View ArticleKeri Facer – What do parents want?
Over the next few weeks whilst I finalise the digital resources and complete the coding for the app that supports the Learning {Re}imagined book (officially launching in October!) I’m going to tease...
View ArticleAndreas Schleicher – What is the Point of PISA?
It seems that OECD’s PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) provokes strong emotions from educators the world over. Intended as a diagnostic tool to bring together policy makers into a...
View ArticleDigital Activism – Jake Davis
“You cannot arrest an idea” Jake Davis On July 27th 2011, Jake Davis was visited at his home in the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago of Scotland that lie north-east of mainland Britain, by 6...
View ArticleSir Ken Robinson – Learning {Re}imagined
As a treat for the readers of this blog here is a longer and more complete interview with Sir Ken Robinson that was recorded as part of the Learning {Re}imagined book where he discusses educational...
View ArticleConrad Wolfram – Maths Reimagined
Conrad Wolfram, Founder of Wolfram Research Europe and Computer Based Maths, tells me that we spend around 21,000 average student lifetimes per year teaching the wrong thing in school and calling it...
View ArticleSir Ken Robinson – The Education Economy
It has often struck me that a conflict of interest exists across education systems, state or private, where the awarding bodies of high stakes examinations are also owned by the very same companies who...
View Article11 billion reasons to learn STEM
Tomorrow I’m leaving London for New York where I will be participating in a number events during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) week. It is a week when the largest group of world leaders,...
View ArticleJulia Gillard – Education Activist
Julia Gillard served as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2010-2013 prior to which she was Minister for Education. An active reformer, Gillard...
View ArticleTechnology as a “Sat Nav” for learning?
Digital learning entrepreneur Donald Clark is someone that I find myself often in complete agreement with, or in fierce opposition, but always entertained. On the board of numerous e-learning...
View ArticleTelepathic teaching
Last year I was interviewed by WISE on the present and future of educational technology. I expressed my frustration with the limited impact that digital platforms had achieved within mainstream...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky on Assessment
Herewith another teaser from the Learning {Re}imagined transmedia project coming out on October 1st from Bloomsbury. This time is an excerpt from an interview with social and political theorist,...
View ArticleKeri Facer – What do parents want?
Over the next few weeks whilst I finalise the digital resources and complete the coding for the app that supports the Learning {Re}imagined book (officially launching in October!) I’m going to tease...
View ArticleAndreas Schleicher – What is the Point of PISA?
It seems that OECD’s PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) provokes strong emotions from educators the world over. Intended as a diagnostic tool to bring together policy makers into a...
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