What’s trust got to do with it?
Stepping into Trevor MacKenzie’s classroom … I’m just wrapping up a 10-week trip to Canada, sipping on my final Canadian IPA, reflecting on what an epic trip this has been….
“You don’t learn from experience, you learn from reflecting on experience.”
Mara Krechevsky, Pedagogy of Play, Project Zero (or maybe John Dewey!) Oh, the joys! We have just had a run of incredible “live” events in PressPlay and Learning Pioneers, including…
How can we cultivate curiosity in our classrooms?
Which learning disposition do you think is the most important to cultivate in learners? As a Learning Power practitioner, this feels like a pretty key question to ask. Ideally, through a…
Fill your educational cup – Start with “why”
Start with “why” Simon Sinek’s TedTalk, “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” explores how we buy into an idea, a company, a movement because of the purpose (or the “why”) behind…
White Space
Guest blogpost, written by Anton de Vries, Learning Power trainer in the Netherlands. Food for thought for those of us returning to school over the next few weeks or months…
A smorgasbord of “What if’s”
Today is a happy day as the wonderful educators Ed Finch, Daryn Simon and Graham Andre are putting on #BrewEdIsolation – A chance for amazing educators to connect from across…
Powering Up Your School
This guest blog post is written by Michelle Forrest of St John Fisher primary school, who recently engaged her staff in their Learning Powered journey. It is being published as…
Wondering about wonderings.
My brain has been working overtime on “wonderings” lately – largely inspired by the sparky minds of the #learningpowerpioneers community – a community of forward-thinking, “can do”, caring practitioners committed…
Learning (em)Powered Leadership
After the explosive reaction to #learningpowerpioneers via emails, Twitter and conversations, I’m checking in with the team with a video about leadership. Who are the leaders of this community? Who…
