I read a very good and well-received piece written by Leo Babahuta tonight. The argument really grabbed me - until the solution: "unschooling." I loved the assertion that creativity is alive in children. The concept of teachers as facilitators grabs me every time I read it and write about it myself. And the discussion of the workplace of tomorrow being so very different is something we've written about extensively here...
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I'm writing this from 11,500 metres above water, above solid, pure dark. Not long after we took off from Sydney at 14.55 local time, it began to get dark and stayed dark until about two hours before landing. While those who know me well know that I have traveled over a million miles and can be very relaxed about it, getting on a plane in one city and, say, 14...
Read MoreA few blogposts ago, I mentioned how I felt about leaving home and the fear associated with it. Today, here I am again, sitting in a Boeing 777 aircraft, 30,000 feet high, but this time, I’m going home – the home where I originally came from. Imagine yourself as a THINK Global School student. You are in a completely foreign city for 3 months, spending every day with your peers,...
Read MoreMany of us have seen the McLeod/Fisch "Shift Happens" video. Some of the ideas from this video that really grab me are: 1. We're preparing kids for jobs that don't exist today. This is hugely powerful and really important to us at THINK Global School. We always say "Don't teach me what to think - teach me how to think." This is the most important thing that schools should be...
Read MoreWhen was it made official (clearly, I missed the announcement) that school and work couldn't be fun? At what point in our lives do we have to transition from enjoying ourselves to living a life where the fun is magically erased? I've been in been in a LOT of classrooms in my life. I've been to China over 50 times and on each visit I've been able to visit schools. ...
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