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Reflections - part 1
We often talk about educational change in the abstract as if we can manage each part separately. As schools contemplate the end of another year, I want to share the reflections of some of our principa… more →
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Reflections - part 1
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Greg Whitby wrote 1 month ago: We often talk about educational change in the abstract as if we can manage each part separately. As … more →
John Hattie
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Greg Whitby wrote 2 months ago: The task we have set ourselves of building a high performing system has been challenging but our wor … more →
Heppell Part 2
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Greg Whitby wrote 2 months ago: We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Stephen Heppell back to the diocese. Stephen spent three d … more →
Kids online
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Greg Whitby wrote 3 months ago: Researchers from Griffith university have recently published some interesting conclusions about youn … more →
Building strategy based performance structures to support operations
goalera wrote 3 months ago: by Brice Alvord Strategic focus has never been more important than in today’s global business enviro … more →
Learning To Sail in Troubled Waters
goalera wrote 3 months ago: by Brice Alvord The most critical step for businesses enmeshed in today’s troubled economy is … more →
Ticking the right boxes
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Greg Whitby wrote 4 months ago: Dr Ken Boston, former director-general of the NSW Dept of Education and former head of England … more →
Is teacher selection a game of chance?
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Greg Whitby wrote 5 months ago: Malcolm Gladwell has written an excellent article for the New Yorker. Gladwell draws a comparison be … more →
The 'teacher effect'
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Greg Whitby wrote 5 months ago: Last Friday, the Sydney Morning Herald published the results of a University of New England Study c … more →
Publish and perish?
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Greg Whitby wrote 5 months ago: There has been fierce debate between both sides of the political fence over the decision by the fede … more →
Exploring intellectual rigour
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Greg Whitby wrote 5 months ago: The education landscape is rich with contemporary theory that serves as a solid base for contemporar … more →
Time to Agitate
Greg Whitby wrote 5 months ago: Brian Caldwell’s Agitation Hill Lecture delivered in May is worth reflecting on. In his addres … more →
Challenging the Norms
Greg Whitby wrote 6 months ago: Embracing intellectual rigour and professional integrity, a powerful change dynamic … more →
Seven Principles
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Greg Whitby wrote 6 months ago: On a glass panel in my office I have written the seven principles of the instructional core from Elm … more →
Success is not a zero-sum game
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Michael Ray Hopkin wrote 6 months ago: In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which one person’s gain … more →
The Question of Intelligence
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Greg Whitby wrote 6 months ago: I’m reading Ken Robinson’s The Element, which explores how one finds or develops their p … more →
Strategy and Focus Part 1
Colleen Sharen wrote 7 months ago: I ran into one of my favourite professors from business school the other night for the first time in … more →
Surfing the web 2.0 wave
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Greg Whitby wrote 8 months ago: Is the tide finally turning? A recent study by the University of Melbourne has found that employees … more →
The Dictionary Definition of Decide
Colleen Sharen wrote 10 months ago: I was at one of those workshops today that preached the secrets of “The Secret”, with a … more →
