“The curriculum we are proposing recalls a socio-constructivist conception of learning, not intended as a set of activities to be applied… Curriculum not as a program, but as a conceptual-organisational structure, which supports & guides the learning process” Tiziana Filippini

Such a privilege for 80 Victorian PYP Network teachers to spend a day w @kjinquiry bringing her important new book to life! We“got personal”sharing our own passions in the Museum of Us, making heart connections to our “why?” Inspiring joy; valuing relevance & diversity 🙏🏼 IB PYP

It was an honour to be part of #ESFlearns2022 helping 85 teachers new to the IB PYP “learn the lingo”and understand the IB mission. Thanks for the opportunity ESF and best wishes for a smooth start to your new school year

90 principals, PYPCs & Ts treated to a day of wonder Melbourne Museum What an awesome space of inspiration museums are when u take a less is more approach & time to REALLY notice 🙏🏼Bek Bates 4 bringing our vision to life + Rebecca XXX SEX & Priscilla 4 the😮🪄 backstories IB PYP

A great summary of the long enduring rhetoric - why are we still stuck in this factory or “banking” (Freire) homogenised model? “On What’s Wrong With Education and How to Fix It” by Douglas Giles, PhD link.medium.com/pv5bAqqNitb ⁦Douglas Giles PhD⁩ ⁦IB PYP⁩

A series of 3 informed & insightful posts (& interesting discourse in the comments) on the current push for product over process, mass production in curriculum design, (antithesis of constructivism, collaboration, craft, responsiveness & agency) Well worth a read on @kjinquiry FB

Full version - please read with an open mind. My reaction and thoughts to recent Twitter discussion, discourse and furore regarding creative thinking in education. creducate.home.blog/2022/10/27/cre…

My brain hurts 🤯 & my heart is full from the phenomenal energy & inspiration created by 35 committed inquiry leaders brought together for a day of connection by @kjinquiry The opportunity to focus on our moral purpose, think-tank challenges & reinvigorate each other-such a gift!

Fabulous day with shaz bailey and the #sfxboxhill team deepening our beliefs and understandings about inquiry learning and student agency. Lots of takeaways from the day and very motivating for all of us

Changing the narrative with Dr Marcia & @Monitasen …context and capabilities interacting with environment; agency is not something we have, it’s something we achieve #IBGC2023 yeah nah shaz bailey

Gotta love a session where you're given Play Doh! Design thinking is thinking with your heart ❤️ Ross Dawson and John Hendrickse inspiring us to empathize, define, ideate, prototype & test. So authentically embedded at Victoria Shanghai Academy #IBGC2023

#IBGC2023 "From tokenism to transformation:a CHAT about agency" @Monitasen and Dr Marcia Behrenbruch taking agency beyond voice, choice & ownership framed by an ecological approach & Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). Stimulating deeper thought beyond the superficial 🤔

My heart and head are full after a day of professional learning in Leading with an Inquiry Stance facilitated by Zoe Smith, a like minded thought leader from QLD and in the home of @kjinquiry So many take-aways and things to reflect on. Thank you. #BPSInquiry

“Most commercial programs claim to be “evidence-based”… based on small, selective or inadequate research that cannot be generalised to all students … they can threaten children’s engagement in learning and undermine teachers’ professional skills.” IB PYP theconversation.com/chances-are-yo…

“While science of reading advocates claim to be research-based, decades of reading scholarship have recognized reading as complex, multidimensional, and mediated by social and cultural practices.” YES!! A must read from andrea ilari - a most credible source 🙏🏼 Dr. Mary Howard for sharing

Happy book birthday Matt Glover & Carl Anderson 👍🏼🥂 Can’t wait to get my hands on “How to become a better writing teacher” heinemann.com/products/e1364… The podcast gives a great glimpse into the book podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hei…

Thanks for having me! Unless the SoR movement can come up with more than “BL bad” & “SoR good”, disseminating superficial knowledge & beating the crisis drum, it’s pointless. The SoR movement won’t improve student outcomes unless it makes a drastic shift from dogma to details.

An important, insightful and inspiring read for every educator. Thank you Kath for being brave enough to swim against tide, adding an informed voice in the space where many of us are professionally and personally challenged 🙏🏼

For anyone seeing the baseless accusations against me (& the sickening abuse), please read the linked statement. This is a politically motivated attack on the Cal Math Fwork, following the same playbook as recent DEI attacks. Please share this widely 🙏: tinyurl.com/jbdefense

Lots to ponder 🤔 in this clever synthesis: The New 3 'Cs' for Learning Success (Curiosity - Connection - Creation) … "Consider how much deeper learning could be if 'creation' was a non-negotiable in the learning for both us and our students." George Couros mailchi.mp/dacc3dd0bf60/s…