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✅Being curious is the foundation of becoming curious ✅Slow Looking is the foundation of #curiosity #PZAUS Simon Brooks

Join the PZAus Network for our free online workshop - Play As A Strategy For Learning, with Mara and Yvonne from PZ’s Pedagogy of Play Project. This workshop is perfect for teachers of students of all ages and any learning area. 7am, Tues 4th June, 1.5hrs. pzaustralia.net

Using Think Puzzle Explore with teachers at Ryde Secondary College to explore their developing understandings with regard to building a Culture of Thinking.

If you’re going to read one book on education this year let it be ‘Cultures of Thinking in Action’ by @RonRitchhart. Explore the core beliefs underpinning classroom cultures where the focus is on thinking, understanding, independence and engagement. Highly recommended!

Please note! New date: Wednesday 5 June at 7.00 am. Looking forward to seeing everyone online.

‘Between 2010 and 2015, the social lives of… teens moved largely onto smartphones… This Great Rewiring of Childhood, I argue, is the single largest reason for the tidal wave of adolescent mental illness that began in the early 2010s’ (Haidt, The Anxious Generation, 2024).

Wonderful #pzaus workshop yesterday on the Pedagogy of Play with Mara Krechevsky and Yvonne Liu-Constant: 'Play is a strategy for learning, not a set of activities teachers need to make time for'. Here are an abundance of resources to help - bit.ly/4c9j4Ej

Save the date - the next Project Zero Australia Conference: Melbourne, Saturday 24th August 2024. Great guest speakers and workshops being lined up as we speak! #pzaus

Save the date - the next Project Zero Australia Conference: Melbourne, Saturday 24th August 2024. Great guest speakers and workshops being lined up as we speak! #pzaus

In 'The Anxious Generation' J. Haidt argues that a perfect storm of smartphones, front-facing cameras, push notifications and like & share features on social media is the main cause for a 'tidal wave' of mental health challenges for Gen Z. Now, for a different perspective... 1/2

I'm reading 'Behind Their Screens', by Dr. Emily Weinstein and Carrie James - 'How can adults shift beyond fatalistic tech blaming toward understanding key issues for teens and building teens' agency to navigate them?' A great read, preserving nuance and complexity in this debate. 2/2

Pretty darn good Dartmouth commencement speech from tennis great Roger Federer. Read the whole thing: home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/06/2… Or ponder these paragraphs about the dangers of perfectionism and the need to move past mistakes:

Interesting experiment from a London School interested in helping young people build meaningful connections with one another and cut down on screen time. apple.news/A8mNwcGSzTfqEg…

Free PZAus Conference in Melbourne, 24th August 2024, 8am-1pm. Theme: 'Learning Occurs At The Point Of Challenge!' Keynotes by @RonRitchhart, Dean Ashenden and Simon Brooks. Concurrent workshops by passionate educators. Save the date! More details coming soon. #pzaus

Free PZAus Conference in Melbourne, 24th August 2024, 8am-1pm. Theme: 'Learning Occurs At The Point Of Challenge!' Keynotes by @RonRitchhart, Dean Ashenden and Simon Brooks. Concurrent workshops by passionate educators. Save the date! More details coming soon. #pzaus

Is coaching effective if it DOESN'T cause new thinking for your coachee? 🤔 Excited to explore the theme Coaching Causes New Thinking at our next #EduCoachMeet on the 6th of Aug. Simon Brooks is our keynote! Register here for FREE: bit.ly/educoachmeet4 Everyone is welcome.

Registration now open for our first free Project Zero Australia Network Conference in Melbourne on Sat 24th August - Learning at the Point of Challenge. Hope to see you there! #pzaus

Join us for Victoria's first FREE Project Zero Australia Network Conference on Sat, 24 Aug at Wesley College, Glen Waverley. Hear from @RonRitchhart , Dean Ashenden, Simon Brooks, and enjoy 12 inspiring workshops! Don’t miss out. Register now: trybooking.com/CTRIQ

Why respect is a massive issue at work. Research shows that for employees, “feeling respected” is 17.9 times more powerful a predictor of an organisation’s overall culture score than the average factor (& almost twice as strong as the 2nd most important factor, supportive

Thrilled to announce our book 'Cultivating Curiosity in Australian Schools: From Control to Curiosity', co-edited with Cameron, will be available for pre-order in September. A celebration of thinking, transformation and a new story of learning. tinyurl.com/mzkf9xdh