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- Oct 9, 2018
- 1 min
OECD expert says new skills are needed for our young people
An interesting reflection from Dr Phil Lambert in today's SMH on the curriculum changes underway in response to the shift from...
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- Jun 1, 2018
- 1 min
ATAR just one criteria for ANU in 2020
Universities across the country continue to discuss the ways in which they select students. Whilst the Australian National University's...
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- May 2, 2018
- 1 min
Gonksi report validates Beyond Boundaries Institute's vision
Djoowak: The Beyond Boundaries Institute welcomes the findings and recommendations of David Gonski’s ‘Through Growth to Achievement’...
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- Apr 23, 2018
- 2 min
Better Me, Better World: Beyond Boundaries at Beijing Academy
All Saints’ College Principal, Belinda Provis, and Esther Hill, the College’s Director of Djoowak: the Beyond Boundaries Institute, were...
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- Apr 16, 2018
- 1 min
Future of Work in Australia report aligns with BBI vision
This report titled: ‘Future of work in Australia: preparing for tomorrow’s world’ highlights some of the challenges facing educators...
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- Feb 21, 2018
- 1 min
OECD paper in line with BBI vision
This month, the OECD released its position paper as part of developing the OECD Learning Framework that offers a vision and underpinning...
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- Feb 21, 2018
- 1 min
Less ATAR more 'growth mindset' says Gonski
With the NSW government calling for a review of the role that ATAR plays in shaping our education systems, what is highlighted is that...
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- Feb 14, 2018
- 1 min
Can 'forest bathing' improve student outcomes?
Why do we notice a sense of calm in our students and in ourselves as we spend time in the company of trees? Nature pedagogy is growing in...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
Kindergarten students will face a different world when they graduate
Michael Anderson in his book, Transforming Schools argues that schools need to transform in order to explicitly build learners’...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
Are differentiated and personalised learning the same thing?
In short, no! Differentiated learning and instruction is about tailoring content to match learners’ abilities and is very much...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
What kind of learner are we developing?
Our Curriculum Leaders began the year with Ron Ritchhart’s chart as a provocation to consider our learning culture at the College. Ron’s...
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- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min
Everything we teach should be different from machines
At the World Economic Forum, Jack Ma from Alibaba argues that values, believing, independent thinking, teamwork and caring for others. He...
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- Feb 5, 2018
- 1 min
'Too much control' over teachers says Finnish expert
With the news that Finnish education guru, Pasi Sahlberg, has been appointed to advise the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW,...
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- Feb 5, 2018
- 1 min
Five challenges in Australian school education
ACER researcher, Geoff Master’s 2016 paper provided a platform for Curriculum Leaders at the College to explore the key challenges for us...
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- Feb 5, 2018
- 1 min
"Beyonding Education" - David Perkins
The BBI recognises the work of Harvard University / Project Zero's David Perkins in "Beyonding Education": · beyond content - focusing on...
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