Professional Self-Reflection: teachers as philosophers
This post belongs to an occasional series on teacher professional development. Previous posts include The Reflective Teacher as Reflective Learner and Teacher P...
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The Reflective Teacher as Reflective Learner
The teacher has a place of honour in human history; there is an inherent nobility in teaching that persists even today when perhaps the teacher’s true wor...
The Internet of Education Things (part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 2-part post. See Part 1 here. So, what ought the more sensible and, I would hope, somewhat more progressive, amongst us in education be look...
The Internet of Education Things (part 1)
This is the 1st part of a 2-part post. According to the Horizon Report for 2015 (Higher Education edition) the Internet of Things (IoT) has a 4-to-5-years adopt...
Chomsky: Right and Wrong on Education
In the video, Chomsky speaks on three critical questions: on the purpose of education, on the role and place of technology in education, and on the conflicting ...
What is a good teacher today? [part 2]
This is the second part of a 2-part post – read Part 1 here. What does it mean to be a teacher today? What does it mean to teach? In an age where learners...
What is a good teacher today [part 1]
This is the first part of a 2-part post – there is a link to part 2 at the end of this post. Teachers, we are told, make or break an education system. McK...
Education Fast Forward: seeking new pedagogies
Kristen Weatherby and Michael Fullan will lead the discussion on Thursday 21 November 2013 in the next Education Fast Forward debate. The question under discuss...
I Am Learner
I am learner. Just as no one can see the colours I see, just as no one can hear the music I hear, just as no one can feel what I feel when I hold something in m...
Teacher-Student Relationship
David Brooks, in his popular book, The Social Animal, expounds on education, and has a few interesting things to say, mainly in the American context (although u...