I have just read the depressing fact that 60% of UK adults think that creationism should be taught alongside Darwin’s theory of evolution. Let me declare my hand from the outset; I am an atheist and a rationalist in most things as well [...]
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“The Howwood Illuminations” by me! My little corner of creativity:-) I am a proponent of creativity and innovation. The problem is that everything we know about the conditions required to maximise our creative activity tell us that we need a lot of “provocation”. Provocation is a word that Edward De Bono used to describe external challenges [...] Norman Doidge from his book website I was lucky enough to be invited to a lecture for a small group of people organised by Scottish Enterprise and held in Anniesland College. I found the talk incredibly thought provoking and have been considering it ever since. The talk was given by Norman Doidge, a psychologist and psychiatrist [...] Photo by “Policy Network” on Flickr. (Creative Commons) I despair of a real learning conversation about the future of education ever happening in the glare of our appalling media culture. Today Terry Leahy, the chief executive of Tesco was quoted as a critic of “woefully low standards from our school leavers” (Presumably UK wide?). He was [...] Greg Whitby telling us that he doesn’t care how learners choose to do it, as long as they can “show him the gain”! I was a guest of Learning and Teaching Scotland today at the quirkily named “gregmeet”. The eponymous gentleman is the “Executive Director of Schools and leads a system of approximately 80 Catholic schools [...] Above: The dots show the spread of personality traits across 20 young leaders in Islay High School. These differences explain a little of why no two people ever seem to see a task in the same way! Last Thursday I had an incredible day in Islay High as a guest of the S6 “student leadership” group. [...] |
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