OECD expert says new skills are needed for our young people

Monday, October 08, 2018

An interesting reflection from Dr Phil Lambert in today's SMH on the curriculum changes underway in response to the shift from information-based to knowledge-based economies in the developed world. 

ATAR just one criteria for ANU in 2020

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Universities across the country continue to discuss the ways in which they select students. Whilst the ANU’s recent announcement does not remove ATAR from the process, it sidelines it, providing an avenue for it to be removed in the future......

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Gonski report validates BBI's vision

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Djoowak: The Beyond Boundaries Institute welcomes the findings and recommendations of David Gonski’s ‘Through Growth to Achievement’ report, released today and already endorsed by the Turnbull Government....

Better Me, Better World: Beyond Boundaries at Beijing Academy

Sunday, April 22, 2018

All Saints’ College Principal, Belinda Provis, and Esther Hill, the College’s Director of Djoowak: the Beyond Boundaries Institute, were pleased to travel to China recently to establish a sister school agreement with pre-eminent Beijing school, Beijing Academy.

Future of Work in Australia report aligns with BBI's vision

Sunday, April 15, 2018

This report titled: ‘Future of work in Australia: preparing for tomorrow’s world’ highlights some of the challenges facing educators going forward. Its findings echo those of similar reports and is the raison d’etre of the Beyond Boundaries Institute; to help prepare our young people for the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complicated and ambiguous) nature of the future workforce.

OECD paper in line with BBI vision

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

This month, the OECD released its position paper as part of developing the OECD Learning Framework that offers a vision and underpinning principles for the future of education systems. The emerging narrative about learner agency features strongly in the OECD paper. Learner agency is enabled by two factors......

Kindergarten students will face a different world when they graduate

Sunday, February 04, 2018

Djoowak: The Beyond Boundaries Institute was formed for this exact purpose and to answer a very specific question: how can we prepare today's students for tomorrow's workforce? The author of this article academic and journalist Michael Anderson, believes schools should focus on the four Cs of creativity, critical reflection, communication and collaboration....

"Beyonding Education" - David Perkins

Sunday, February 04, 2018

The BBI recognises the work of Harvard University / Project Zero's David Perkins in "Beyonding Education".....

Five challenes in Australian School Education

Sunday, February 04, 2018

ACER researcher, Geoff Master’s 2016 paper provided a platform for Curriculum Leaders at the College to explore the key challenges for us to consider when evaluating and developing our curriculum and pedagogy.....

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'Too much control over teachers' says Finnish expert

Sunday, February 04, 2018

With the news that Finnish education guru, Pasi Sahlberg, has been appointed to advise the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW, Australian educators will be following closely to see how the key drivers of accountability continue to impact on a narrowing of teaching and learning practices in schools.......