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Education Tours
‘It’s hard to be something you can’t see’ is more than just a nice quote. There is no substitute for witnessing the world’s most successful education system, Finnish teachers and students in person. In 2023 we sent a couple of award-winning principals to Finland, followed in October by a group of Australian educators (with a…
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‘Constantly evolving’: The secret to Finland’s top education system | Education Review
An award-winning school principal messaged me recently, concerned that his upcoming Finland education trip might be wasted as someone had told him that the Australian and Finnish systems will never be compatible because: When I visited Finland for the first time, I had similar things said to me, and I made it a goal to…
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What Is the Teacher Trust Program?
In a recent conversation about the Teacher Trust program with a teacher, she informed me that most educators think that they are ‘not allowed’ to make some of the changes mentioned in the program. Pasi Sahlberg also mentioned that he was often contacted by principals wanting to make changes to the practices that had been…
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Australia, Educational Lone Wolf?
Being a lone wolf may be good if the rest of the pack is heading in the wrong direction. But, if you are alone surrounded by challenges and have lost a way to go, being without a pack may become difficult. Navigating in the wilderness alone can be difficult and risky. Solving wicked problems with…
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Intrinsic Spelling Lessons
Intrinsic Motivation Spelling Lessons This is one from the Testing 3,2, 1,… book; a very effective way to make spelling lessons not only interesting, but fun and the motivation: intrinsic. Find the dictionary meaning, Write the word in a sentence (this can be extended to combining two, three or more words in the one sentence…
Michael Lawrence and Dr. Fabio D'Agostin | Creating Schools... 