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Learning Spaces – What counts as a successful education? (Futurelab Research Discussion Day – 20th March)
One of the key big questions that kept entering conversations during the day was what counts as successful education? It’s a basic question yet actually highly complex and loaded. Call me a simple fellow but my definition of a successful […]
Futurelab Research Discussion Day at RIBA 20th March – Learning Spaces
You can track my comments on the learning Spaces aspects of this day in the FLUX blog
Book Review Collection: Can’t Go, Won’t Go by Mike Fortune Wood.
Book Review by Karen Turner. Can’t Go, Won’t Go by Mike Fortune Wood. ISBN 978-1-905614-49-3. Cinnamon Press. £11.99. www.cinnamonpress.com I thoroughly enjoyed reading Can’t
David Gribble – Website
David Gribble taught at Dartington Hall School for almost thirty years, and was then one of the joint founders of Sands School. Since retiring he has visited democratic
African Childhood in Transition
African Childhood in Transition. Saturday, 26 April 2008 10.30am - 5.30pm, followed by a drinks reception. British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
‘Early Childhood Policies in Countries of the South – Open Lecture
Professor Helen Penn University of East London Wednesday 9 April 2008 6 – 8 pm Stratford Campus Room: RB1.16 Education Building ALL WELCOME
PEN Learning Exchanges – Brighton and Chard
Trustees of PEN are seeking to extending the range of our learning exchanges and moving the venues around the UK with the support
Recycling Schools?
CPE - PEN promote the idea of recycling our schools into invitational, all-age community learning centres. Schools as we know them are well past their sell by date
Antidote – An Emotionally Literate Society
Our vision Antidote’s aim is to create an emotionally literate society, where the facility to handle the complexities of emotional life is as widespread as the capacity to read,
Futurelab e-news items March
Beyond Current Horizons update The final version of the Futures Review is now available to download from the Beyond Current Horizons website. Written
Credential Crackdown: Court’s Homeschool Decision Imperils Online Learning
By Lauren Smith from the Edutopia News - March 12th 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/edutopianews.html A state Court of Appeals ruling on homeschooling may have a dampening effect on virtual schools
Xaverian College Sets Exemplary Networking Benchmark for Other Colleges
Press release. March 19, 2008. Manchester's Xaverian 6th Form College is one of only ten further education colleges from across England, and the only college in the North West
Educating for Today and Tomorrow – Video
Heather McTaggart discusses the need for schools to educate students for the realities of today and the possibilities of tomorrow.
Pay attention Video
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
Education Today and Tomorrow Video
This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia using work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics
Personalised Education Now – Journal 7
PEN Journal 7 – Out now. Free to members of PEN. The feature article is the report from
Life Learning Magazine
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/ One of the very best and most well presented magazines:
Education Revolution – The Magazine of Alternative Education
This magazine from the Alternative Education Resource Organisation (AERO) (USA) has as its mission:‘Building the critical
Connect – supporting student participation.
Excellent Australian publication published bi-monthly aiming to· Document
Educational Heretics Press – Books March 2008
EHP Book Catalogue Educational Heretics Press is the essential read on education. It's also our very own. If you really want to think 'out of
Children and food: Rights, research and policy International Day Conference
Jointly organised by IOE and The Open UniversityWednesday, 9th April 2008. Clarke Hall, Institute of
Open EYE Campaign Petition and International Conference
Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition against making the EYFS framework legally binding -
IALA – International Association for Learning Alternatives – Conference listings
National and State Alternative Education Conferences: The Virginia Alternative Educators Association will hold its annual conference
Campaign For Learning Policy Briefings
Learning to Learn Conference Britannia Sachas Hotel, Tib Street , Piccadilly, Manchester M4