Assessment in schools tends to focus solely on measuring an individual’s ability to recall information, and whilst it is important to recognise the importance of assessment for ‘certification’ purposes, by relying on data which comes from ‘one off endpoint’...
As we look around, take stock, and reflect on the current local, national, and global picture, the inconsistencies, inadequacies, and contradictions surrounding us are more exposed than ever. From health and financial to education and energy, we all find ourselves at...
An essential element of education and a moral duty for those involved is the obligation to raise morale, motivation, and self-esteem of young people in schools. If we are committed to preparing those in education for playing a fulfilling and purposeful role in their...
"A learning network demands an open learning attitude" EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Schools and multilingualism In a previous blog, we discussed the importance of Communities of Practice (Peer to Peer Networks) in...
Over the last few months, the notion of parents and children struggling to learn from home, or away from school, has created endless reams of news articles. The premise that schooling, or learning, should happen in a given environment, with a set of prescribed...
A core element of Imagine Education’s PerformEd program is enabling self-sustaining Communities of Practice. Built from the ground up, PerformEd Communities of Practice are reflective of the needs of the individuals, responsive to the environment they are...
Picture the ‘Scales of Justice’, and in either scale you place what you would like your student, child, grandchild to gain through accessing education. On one side you have the knowledge, skills, and understanding; and on the other the habits, behaviours and...
We are no longer living in knowledge societies; we live in leaning societies where knowledge has been commoditized. It is how knowledge is used and created that will transform economies, not knowledge itself. Economies that wish to exploit this will need to develop...
It is our view that education systems continue to show great inertia to change and are still largely fixed on developing learners with a focus on knowledge acquisition. We argue that whilst people talk about the soft skills that are needed there is still not enough...