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“Not everything that counts can be counted.” Edvaluating the Curriculum
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Albert Einstein Spiraling into control? The process of curriculum design, like any product, should be cyclical. Some even describe it as a spiral staircase –… Continue reading
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All Change: Teachers, Developers, Curriculum
#GOveLevels Big edunews last week (at least in the UK), was the leak of some details of a large-scale overhaul of secondary education. @TeachingOfSci has a bettter write-up of it on his blog (Edit: and some more here: Gove’s Resit), but… Continue reading
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Philosophy First: Contrasting approaches to the Curriculum
I’m a pragmatic idealist. As an idealist I chose the international pathway and a career in IB schools because I believe in education, global-mindedness and the philosophy of the IB. I want my kids to grow up this way, I want… Continue reading
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IB Education: Internationalism or Globalism?
I found this presentation really interesting in my reading for the “Culture and Curriculum” section of the Curriculum Studies unit. Dr. James Cambridge discusses how internationalism and globalism serve as contexts for international education. Click to view (SlideServe doesn’t embed… Continue reading
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Whose Culture? Whose Curriculum?
Culture before curriculum Denis Lawton, in Class, Culture and the Curriculum (1975), defines culture as everything that has been created by humans in society, including tools, technology, language, literature, attitudes and values: the whole way of life. He suggests that school… Continue reading
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“Now that’s what I call Curriculum” The MYP as a Greatest Hits album
Over the last couple of days I’ve been reading about ‘Knowledge and the Curriculum‘ as part of the Curriculum Studies unit. Through the tasks set in the MA online resources, I’ve been re-familiarising myself with ideas about curriculum, largely through David… Continue reading
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“Stick ’em with the pointy end.” Curriculum Studies, Game of Thrones & the MYP
What is Curriculum? The image above was used in a stimulus for a set of activities to complete as part of the Bath MA in International Education. It immediately triggered imagery of Game of Thrones, my other holiday project. So… Continue reading
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My EdTech Choices: More ‘why’, less ‘wow’ (now)
Another tweet-inspired post. Twitter really is great PD, as long as you’re happy to read the links and think about how they apply to your own practices and thought processes. @FernandaDesani retweeted a link to this article at Education Week… Continue reading
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“Unit plans‽ But we have a subject guide!”
This post (June 2012) relates to my MA assignment in Curriculum Studies and recognises the tension that can be generated when asking IBDP teachers to plan a unit: traditionally the subject guides have been very prescriptive, making a content-driven approach to exam… Continue reading
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“When you have interest, you have education.”
It’s the last day of the academic year, and the kids have just left the building. I went on Twitter for a quick read and saw this video from GOOD Magazine, after a tweet from Adrienne Michetti (@amichetti). If this reads… Continue reading
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Reflection on Professional Goals 2011-12
This has been a fast-paced, challenging but very positive first year at Canadian Academy. I have been fortunate to work with outstanding and supportive colleagues and very capable students. At the start of the year, as a new teacher to… Continue reading
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Learning Science By Doing Science: A quick reflection on Student feedback to teachers
The results of teacher evaluations by students were sent out to teachers this week and I was generally pleased with the feedback I received. Students here have written fairly and with thought and obviously appreciate their education. As a teacher… Continue reading
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New records & future musings on i-Biology.net
This week had three new site records in a row for views to i-Biology.net, before and during the IBDP Exams for the northern hemisphere schools. That gives me a sense of pride in what’s been achieved here, but also a… Continue reading
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MA Assignment: Proposed Assessment in MYP Next Chapter Sciences
This is a piece of work I submitted in February for my MA in International Education unit on Assessment with the University of Bath. I was given permission from my tutor to post it on this personal professional reflective blog.… Continue reading
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Areas of Interaction Workshop: A Quick Reflection
Tomorrow we’re back to work, after a long weekend for Golden Week, preceded by a long weekend in Singapore on a Category 3 Areas of Interaction workshop with a colleague. With a ton of work to shift and the faculty… Continue reading
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