Our education system is one of our nation's most precious resources. It is failing to recruit and retain the brightest people in the teaching profession.
Tony Blair, in the 1997 general election campaign, famously made education his top three priorities. He was more emphatic than most, but it is every politician's top priority, and certainly every parent's. Yet there are no aspects of modern societies less well prepared for the information age economy than their education systems. While institutional details vary from country to country, includi…
Progressive Education, with its pedagogical desire to engage students in a taught curriculum in a meaningful way, is often viewed in opposition to Conventional Education. In this conceptual paper, I argue that despite and even because of this opposition, Progressive Education contributes to the stability of Conventional Education by making Conventional Education bearable for its teachers. I cla…
This paper presents the argument that understanding new literacies requires teachers to keep re knowing amid ongoing uncertainty and change. Drawing on research undertaken about children's dynamic new ways of meaning making, an image of biodegradable knowledge is suggested to help middle years teachers navigate these rapidly changing times.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been going on for the past two years. During this time, there has been a lot of news about Covid-19, which has affected the attitudes of citizens including through social media. There has been a rise in journalism among citizens who write about the pros and cons of the government efforts to manage the recovery from the pandemic. There are still debates about whether ci…