Category: Journal
Australia’s Educational Innovators
TL;DR We’re looking for the most innovative schools and educators in Australia, as part of a...
Read MoreWhat’s Missing in our Schools?
In 2019, we created this video to highlight the lack of innovation in schools. It explores some of...
Read MoreAre Schools Preparing Students for the Future?
We asked some Sydney parents whether they think schools in Australia do a good job of preparing...
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Schoolhouse Curriculum v1.0
The Schoolhouse Curriculum for Years 7 to 10 is our blueprint for the teaching and learning...
Read MoreHow should we measure learning?
The increasing prevalence of standardised, high-stakes testing has become an increasing concern...
Read MoreHow would you reinvent school?
The modern institution of school is a relatively recent invention. Despite that, the world has...
Read MoreHow has school changed?
Several Sydney parents look back on their own experience of school, and how much – or how...
Read MoreWhat should we be teaching in high school?
Curriculum is often at core of the debate on education – what should we actually be teaching...
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Manifesto for a new school
Setting out to open the first truly innovative NSW high school in over a decade is a daunting...
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Hacking the Curriculum at EduChange
At EduChange 2017 we collaborated with hundreds of teachers to create interdisciplinary units of...
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Our ThinkKit Kickstarter is live!
Today we launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of the ThinkKit – a resource we’ve been...
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‘Design Thinking with Kids’ educator’s toolkit
Want to get students exploring, empathising, innovating and prototyping? This year we’ve been...
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Design Thinking with Kids
In recent years, design thinking has becoming an increasingly common buzzword in many different...
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The Creeper in 4H
Entering the year four classroom at Merrylands East Public School, the first thing most...
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Hands-on ‘Design Thinking’ at the Sydney Design Festival
Last weekend we ran our ‘Design Thinking with Kids’ workshop, as part of the Sydney Design...
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Getting Creative with Northern Beaches Secondary College
Last week Northern Beaches Secondary College held their annual all-staff professional development...
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New PD: Collaborative Creativity in the Classroom
This week our professional development course on Collaborative Creativity was endorsed by BOSTES....
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Vivid Ideas: Creativity in Education
At the invitation of Bradfield Senior College, I was fortunate to be part of a fantastic panel...
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PEN Newsletter Issue #3
This week we sent out the third issue of the Progressive Educators Network newsletter. We...
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‘Design Thinking for Kids’ at Sydney Design Festival
As part of the Sydney Design Festival (September 2 to 16) we will be running a series of workshops...
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PEN Newsletter Issue #2
This week we sent out the second issue of the Progressive Educators Network. This issue,...
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Bianca’s Hunger Games
It’s amazing how hard students will work to stay alive. It seems that the threat of death does...
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The Future of Montessori – MECA 2016
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of speaking at the Montessori Early Childhood Conference on...
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What would a school built by Walt Disney look like?
This article was written by Ray Trotter, and originally published on the Progressive Educators...
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Parents as Collaborators – FutureSchools 2016
This week I attended the FutureSchools conference in Sydney, and gave a presentation on...
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After the Storm: Working with Emergent Curriculum
We’re rolling back into school for Term 2. It’s the day before the children come back...
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PEN Newsletter Issue #1
It’s taken a while to get here, but this week we’re thrilled to finally be sending the first...
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New PD: Parents as Classroom Collaborators
This week BOSTES endorsed our second professional development course, ‘Parents as Classroom...
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New PD: Non-Digital Games in the Primary Classroom
We’re delighted to announce that BOSTES has endorsed our first professional development course –...
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What Would School Be Like If We Invented it Today?
This week we completed a project we’ve been working on for some time – a short video that speaks...
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We need to teach children skills, not subjects (Australian Financial Review)
This week, the AFR published an article we have been working on in their BOSS supplement. The...
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