Earlier this month I spoke at the Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar: The future for music education in England – maintaining standards, music hubs and career pathways, 3 rd July 2017, and my topic was: Provision, uptake and teaching at primary and secondary level I was given 5 minutes, which is not a lot of time …
Participation Communication Process Creativity Feedback Reflection These are all words that, for me, are synonymous with aspects of good teaching and learning. I didn’t always use all of these in the context of ‘open’ the way I do now. Why the change? I was never against the idea, and I think I always practiced both …
Every day is a journey in learning and life and this past year has been no exception. I remember starting a conversation in January with ‘what if…?’ – having no idea how things would take shape. Everything was a question, from funding to how the collaborations would spin out. At one point I found myself …
Photo CC licensed: http://bit.ly/1B2Khzv This morning I was inspired by Gardner Campbell’s Downstream Deliverables, where he reflected on two things: the impact of what we say, and the convergence of people who impact or have impacted him. When I read his post I had so much to say I decided it was too much for a …