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The Call to Unite

Earlier this week I joined the Call to Unite – a 24 hour global live stream event where I shared my thoughts on how we can seize the opportunity to transform how we educate our children, and how we approach our relationship with the world we live in.

You can learn more at www.unite.us. #AnswerTheCall

 

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NEW Podcast/Video Series: Learning from Home

Millions of parents and carers have suddenly found themselves responsible for overseeing their children’s education from home.

If you’re one of them, you may be finding this a daunting challenge to be facing on top of all of the other stresses of our current global situation. I am launching a podcast special to help bring you and your family resources and insight from around the world, and to give you the opportunity to share what is happening with your own family so that others can benefit from your experiences. No matter how isolated you may be feeling, the support you need is out there and my hope is that this podcast will connect you to it.

Please watch the video above to learn more, and then I invite you to be in touch with your stories, questions, concerns or insights by emailing LFH@nevergrey.org. With your permission some of these may be featured in the series and I may be in touch to arrange an interview so that we can share and exchange ideas.

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Dear Teacher

The first day of school is a big day for your child and for you. I hope you enjoy my reading of this lovely poem by Emma Robinson, beautifully animated (as always) by We are Cognitive.

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Welcome

Welcome,Thank you for visiting my website.You’ll see here that that there’s a consistent mission in all I do. In a sentence, it’s to transform the culture of education and organizations with a richer conception of human creativity and intelligence. If that resonates with you, I trust you’ll come back often. You can check out my current projects and work I’ve done in the past.

You can watch some of my talks and you find out how to get in touch about speaking and consultancy engagements. There’s also a blog with regular posts on what I’m up to, things I find interesting and projects I like.

Welcome.

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Wired Magazine: Standardisation broke education. Here’s how we can fix our schools

I was delighted to write this short piece for Wired UK, and hope you find it useful

 

Standardisation broke education. Here’s how we can fix our schools

“The movement towards personalisation is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too”

We are all born with fathomless capacities, but what we make of them has everything to do with education. One role of education is to help people develop their natural talents and abilities; the other is to help them make their way in the world around them. Too often, education falls short on both counts. As we face an increasingly febrile future, it’s vital to do better. For that to happen, education has to be urgently transformed. We have the resources and the expertise, but now we need the vision and commitment.

In my book, You, Your Child and School, I make a distinction between learning, education and school. Learning is acquiring new skills and understanding; education is an organised system of learning; a school is a community of learners. All children love to learn, but many have a hard time with education and some have big problems with school.

Usually, the problem is not the learners – it’s the inherent bias of education and the enforced culture of schools. For generations, formal education has been systematically biased towards narrow forms of academic ability. The result is that it largely disregards the marvellous diversity of human talents and interests.

For the past generation especially, politicians have been smothering schools in a depressing culture of standardisation. As a result, they have been marginalising the very capabilities our children need to create a more equitable and sustainable world – by which I mean creativity, compassion citizenship and collaboration…

 

Please continue to read the full article on the Wired UK website.

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Podcast: Wisdom On The Intersection Of Education, Leadership, And The Environment

The two climate crises. I enjoyed this conversation with @spodek on Education, Leadership and the Environment. Hope you do.

Please listen to the interview here

 

“As a professor of leadership, host of this podcast, and constant student of acting by my environmental values, I live and work in the intersection of leadership, education, and the environment.

Ken Robinson does too, but with a big difference: he’s been here for decades longer, actively practicing in each. This episode approaches each of education, leadership, and the environment from several perspectives.

I can’t say anything better than his voice carries the wisdom and vitality of someone who has worked here for longer and with greater passion than maybe anyone I’ve met and I’m in this world.

I’ll keep this writing brief. Let’s listen to Ken Robinson.

One last caveat: our schedules meant recording by phone, meaning the audio quality isn’t like being in a studio, but I believe you’ll find Ken’s message transcends the medium and hope you listen for what he says, not the equipment.

Show Notes :

Most Likely to Succeed movie
Ken’s Do Schools Kill Creativity TED talk

Here is the Robert Ardrey quote from the 1961 book African Genesis that Ken said at the end:

But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.”

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Movie: In Search of Greatness

If you haven’t seen it yet – take a look at In Search of Greatness from @gabepolsky. The unbeatable power of creativity and passion at the heart of sport. @greatnessmovie

“He realized the limitations of his own physique and developed a whole new style of boxing that suited him.”

Unearth the secrets of greatness. Available for pre-order in iTunes: https://apple.co/2Uqojbp 

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VIDEO: How Education Has Changed My Life – #EducationStorytelling

I’m delighted to share with you my education story for Yidan, and encourage you to share yours.

 

For more information, please follow: https://yidanprize.org/educationstory.

About #EducationStorytelling

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This year, the Yidan Prize (www.yidanprize.org) has launched its first #EducationStorytelling campaign, in which thought leaders and educators from all over the world are invited to submit short videos, highlighting their education journey – aiming to inspire others and promote life-long learning.

The #EducationStorytelling campaign was launched on 6 November 2018 by the Yidan Prize founder, Dr Charles CHEN Yidan, through official Yidan Prize social media accounts. Dr CHEN shared his education story in a short video and invited two other thought leaders to join him in telling their stories. They were Ms Julia GILLARD and Mr Jimmy CARTER.

In the second stage of the campaign, the Yidan Prize Foundation’s digital team reached out to selected education thought leaders from around the world, inviting them to join the campaign and share their stories. Each nominee passed the baton on to two others and now we are thrilled to see that the general public has also joined the campaign.

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VIDEO: ‘Out of Our Minds’ 2019 Giveaway – And The Winners are…

Congratulations to our 3 winners who each receive a new signed copy of my bestselling book ‘Out of Our Minds’ – 3rd Edition.

Thank you to everyone who took part, and the team at Nevergrey for hosting. We’ll be posting a lot more content this year, so please join us and subscribe to be part of the journey.

 

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Sir Ken Robinson – ‘Out of Our Minds: The Power of Being Creative’ 3rd Edition

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Podcast: The TED Interview

I greatly enjoyed this conversation and the chance to talk about “that talk” 12 years on and what has and hasn’t changed! Many thanks for all you do at TED.

How are educators thinking about creativity these days? Why should creativity be a focus at all? In this episode of #TheTEDInterview, @TEDchris sits down with @sirkenrobinson to discuss his viral 2006 TED Talk and how his thinking has changed since: http://t.ted.com/WRIG9SC 

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