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Conversation with ABC’s Sarah Kanowski

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, adolescent and student and how all these often unexpected and planned life events took me to Sydney, Australia today. It is not often that one can have a conversation like…

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Phase 1 results of GUD Australia released

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 to be the world’s largest study of technology, learning and health impacts on K–12 students. Australia is the first country after Canada being partnered in this three-phase…

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The Sydney Opera House and the Gonski Institute Conversations

THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE AND THE UNSW GONSKI INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION PRESENT PASI SAHLBERG in a series of conversations with Eddie Woo and Amie Albrecht, Maggie MacDonnell, Phil McRae and Dr. Michael Rich “If we all think the same way, none of us probably thinks very much.” Pasi…

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Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2020 postponed

I was supposed to speak at the 2020 Festival of Dangerous Ideas about Manufacturing Inequality in education. Now that this and many other great events is cancelled, I obviously won’t. I hope this great event will be organised as soon as the situation allows. This is what it was supposed to be about. The latest PISA measures…

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Facts and myths about Finnish schools

There are many false interpretations and incorrect conceptions about school education in Finland. In recently published policy brief titled “Facts and Myths About Finnish Schools” by Center for Strategic Education (CSE) in Melbourne I bust some of the most common myths about Finland’s schools.

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Let the Children Play now available worldwide

Let the Children Play was released as an English edition in North America in August 2019. Now it is available through Oxford University Press outlets in other English speaking countries around the world. It may take a moment before books are shipped to the distributors and stores. While waiting, here is a short synapsis of our book. Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is…

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Second Review of Teacher Education in Ireland

In 2012 I led an international review panel that was asked to review the structure of initial teacher education in Ireland. This report that recommended bold changes in the provision of teacher education in Ireland can be read here.…

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We did it – for country kids!

We completed the Ride For Country Kids 2019! Cycling through stunningly beautiful part of New South Wales we together exceeded 1,000 kilometres in just three days. It was tough, it was hard, but it was certainly worth of every drop of sweat and tears (afterwards). We hope we helped to a…

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Professors Ride for Country Kids 7–9 April 2019

Professors from the UNSW Gonski Institute of Education, former NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli and Finnish educator and author Pasi Sahlberg, are preparing for children’s charity Royal Far West’s premier fundraiser ‘Ride for Country Kids’. This year’s three-day event starts in Albury on Sunday 7 April,…

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Next book: Let the Children Play

My co-author Bill Doyle and I have written a book for parents, teachers, scholars and decision-makers about play titled “Let the Children Play: Why more play will save our schools and help children thrive”. It is published by Oxford University Press and available in mid-2019. Here is what it is all about.

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