Big Data.
you’ll be led by
If you don’t lead with small data,
Learning from one another is the greatest opportunity we have to provide all children
with a great school they deserve.
To rush educational reform
is to ruin it.
Learning from one another is the greatest opportunity we have to provide all children
with a great school they deserve.
To rush educational reform
is to ruin it.
Everybody agrees that the COVID-19 pandemic is a big disruption in education. It questions many traditional rules and structures that have organised the work of schools in the past. But not everyone agrees that the pandemic will eventually change schools. In this article, I narrow the scope of that question and ask whether the pandemic helps us fix some of the pre-existing inequalities that we were unable, and often unwilling, to improve. I argue that as we think about how education should be reimagined, it is paramount to continue efforts to make education more inclusive, fairer and equitable for all. I take some early examples from two distinct education systems, Australia and Finland, to highlight how disrupted teaching caused by school closures has had different impacts on schools and teachers. The conclusion is that the pandemic may…
Read moreIt is 12 months since the book William Doyle and I wrote was published in the United States. It has been a hard-to-get item in much of the rest of the world due to publishing rights and more recently because the restrictions caused by the pandemic.…
Finnish Lessons (Teachers College Press) was published first time in November 2011. The expectations were not high but there was considerable interest in the United States and especially in Canada to read more about Finnish education system and what…
On June 4th I sat down with ABC’s Sarah Kanowski to have a conversation about my work, life and perspectives to education in Australia and Finland. This is the first public interview that the story went to look at my very early years as a schoolboy,…
The Gonski Institute for Institute (UNSW) has partnered with Harvard Medical School, the University of Alberta and Alberta Teachers Association on the international research project called Growing Up Digital in Australia. The project has the potential…
