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Educate for hope, not despair, for a fair and sustainable world.
I wrote this post in 2014, but come back to it often. See edits and additions below the main body. We tread a delicate line between hope and despair; between student action for change and not overwhelming our young learners… Continue reading
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Making Meaning
In amongst a million other things I am taking part in an IB Educators’ Network up-skilling course (as part of my role as an MYP Site Visitor). One of the discussion questions asked us to reflect on a memorable learning… Continue reading
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Mars-Shot Thinking
Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I'll be around. — ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014 Mangalyaan, the India Space Research Organisation‘s Mars Orbiter, has just become the first spacecraft from an Asian country to reach Mars – and… Continue reading
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A pragmatic approach to inquiry: my article in IS magazine
The most recent issue of International School Magazine has run a feature written by me on how we interpret and frame inquiry, and is adapted from one of my recent Bath MA assignments. Continue reading
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Where do you come from? Where to next?
Being an international school teacher is an extreme privilege; a series of opportunities that present a unique kind of dilemma, seemingly earlier each year. It becomes more complex with school-age children of our own, and is further complicated by having… Continue reading
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Surfing in Wakayama
We’ve been trying to make a real effort over the summer [and so far this year] to keep a sensible work-life balance. Picking up a second-hand car and surfboard has certainly helped! Continue reading
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How NOT to be ignorant about the world.
Hans Rosling, TED.com “Fame is easy to acquire. Impact is much more difficult.” Update, 2018: As a Rosling fanboy, using their work on i-Biology since about 2008, I was saddened to hear of his death in 2017. However, his recent… Continue reading
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Quick Review: Tony Butt’s Guide to Sustainable Surfing
Quick review of a Kindle quick-read on sustainable surfing. Continue reading
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“You teachers have it easy.” Thankful for our choices.
Long vacations are a time to reflect on the privilege of our lives, and be thankful for the choices we have made. Continue reading
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Growth Mindsets & IB Programme Evaluation
When we take a growth-mindset view to programme evaluation, we see the process for what it is – a valuable, improvement-focused, school-driven method to generate feedback and set action plans. Continue reading
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