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5 Lessons About Learning From Thomas Edison’s Inventions Factory

As my book ‘OPEN’ is published this week, I thought I’d post something about what we can learn from great learning environments. In a book which focusses very much on current organisational and educational settings, it may seem unusual to…Read more ›

Can Anyone Be ‘Made’ To Learn Anything?

The Independent featured an interview this week with the acclaimed violinist, Nicola Benedetti who criticised music teaching in the UK. Now, I don’t doubt Ms Benedetti’s commitment to music education. She’s done a lot to inspire kids playing in Scotland’s…Read more ›

The Tragedy of Disengagement

This is the second post covering some of the themes behind my forthcoming book, ‘OPEN: How We’ll Work Live and Learn In The Future‘. The first is HERE. Someone asked me the other day why I’d written the book. It’s…Read more ›

The Social Value of Knowledge Has Soared

In the build up to the publication of Open: How We’ll Work, Live and Learn In The Future’, I’ll be writing a few posts looking at some of the book’s themes. This week: knowledge. During the 1990s a phalanx of…Read more ›

What Constitues An Education Worth Having?

There was an interesting article in yesterday’s Wall St Journal. The author, Amanda Ripley, was reporting on the huge private tutoring market in South Korea. Parents in that country now spend an astonishing $17bn, annually, on after-school coaching (increasingly delivered…Read more ›

Hartsholme Academy – A Tale To Inspire

Given that it’s the end of an academic year (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least) I thought I’d end it with a tale of inspiration. It’s tough right now, being an educator in England. The Secretary of State never seems…Read more ›