Sir Ken Robinson: What’s in the school of your dreams?
07/05/12 | No comments
Four student reporters interview Sir Ken Robinson about designing a learning place of dreams.
Inspiration blog
This blog contains inspiring ideas and resources.
Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement
23/04/12 | No comments
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy is the founder of Barefoot College, a school that teachers rural men and women to become engineers, dentists and doctors - supporting rural communities to become self-sufficient.
Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
23/04/12 | No comments
Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest.
Noam Chomsky - The purpose of education
21/02/12 | No comments
Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education and whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment.
A short intro to the Studio School
30/09/11 | No comments
TED talk: A Short intro to the Studio School
"Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, for real."
Learning to change - changing to learn
30/09/11 | No comments
Youtube: Learning to change - changing to learn
A number of well known educational thought leaders reflect on the future of learning - "The death of education but the dawn of learning"
Change is good... You go first - 21 ways to inspire change
19/07/11 | No comments
YouTube: Change is Good... You Go First
This YouTube clip reminds us that some things that seem simple aren't.
Focus on strengths. Reinforce, reinforce, reinforce!
Where good ideas come from
19/07/11 | No comments
YouTube: Where good ideas come from
Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance?
The power of words
19/07/11 | No comments
YouTube: The power of words illustrates the power of words to radically change your message and your effect upon the world.
YouTube: The world becomes what you teach
19/07/11 | No comments
YouTube: The world becomes what you teach
Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education and is considered a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement.