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Don’t feel hopeless, despite the world right now.
Originally posted on i-Biology: IB Learner Profile With the world at fever-pitch for humanitarian crises, discrimination, a swing to the political right and environmental problems becoming compounded, it can seem like we are powerless to make a change. This might… Continue reading
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How International Is Our School? MA Dissertation
This post is to store and share my MA Dissertation. A pilot-test of a visualization and set of evaluation rubrics for factors affecting the promotion of international-mindedness and global engagement (IMaGE) of a school. After starting this investigation with my… Continue reading
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Visualising the Curriculum: A Design-Cycle Approach
This year, two of my professional learning ‘Tankyuu‘ goals are to develop the curriculum review cycle for our school and to investigate ways in which we can best communicate our curriculum to the school community: parents, teachers, students and outside… Continue reading
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Bath MA International Education: A Review
This year I successfully completed my MA Education (International Education) programme through the University of Bath. I really enjoyed it and recommend it to others in international schools, and I’ll be back in the summer for graduation. Here’s a wee… Continue reading
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Book Recommendation: The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education
Title: The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education [SECOND EDITION] Editors: Mary Hayden – University of Bath, Jack Levy – George Mason University, Jeff Thompson – University of Bath Update Dec 2017: I fleshed this out into a full review for the Journal… Continue reading
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Professional Learning for International Educators
Eyes-deep in reading for the MA dissertation, with 200 links in my Paperpile and counting, concurrently thinking about future professional learning at school, and following the threads of developing the IMaGE of a school, I keep stumbling across articles, books… Continue reading
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Surfing Japan: Map
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been finding moments of balance on family road trips. I’ve been trying to add each spot to a GoogleMap. Continue reading
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In Japan
This is a neat four-minute tour through our home, Japan, and well worth a watch. Maybe it will encourage you to come to Japan, too! Continue reading
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PaperPile: Managing Research & References in GoogleDocs
As anyone involved in studying (or a job that requires looking up a lot of research) knows, managing citations and remembering sources is a challenge. This is doubly difficult when you’re balancing it with full-time work and use the same… Continue reading
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The IMaGE of an International School
It’s crunch time for my MA International Education studies at the University of Bath, with a big literature review in progress and some data collection coming up, aiming to submit by the summer break. As much as I’ve loved the… Continue reading
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