Louise Favaro Tells Her Story About Reversing Silence Among Girls | Education Vanguard # 73
Today I talk with Louse Favaro about her blog post Reversing and Preventing a Culture of Silence Among Girls The story is shocking, surprising and a good insight into what we may be dealing with as teachers to students in an international setting. Start with her intro below then head off to read the […]
Dr. Alec Couros Walks Us Down the Path of Digital Culture | Education Vanguard #72
Alec Couros has long been in the world of social and digital culture. He was/is an early adopter in the social world and has watched it evolve from a place for nerds, full of hope for the future, to what it is today. Recently we have seen much reporting on the downsides of digital culture […]
Melissa Daniels Helps Us Understand What Makes High Tech High a Successful Education Model | Education Vanguard #71
High Tech High is a well known brand in the education world. But do we really know and understand their core values and educational philosophy? How does it impact their students and growth of the organization? Today I talk with Melissa Daniels from the High Tech High organization. Melissa is a director at High Tech […]
Brad Latzke Discusses the Certain Need to Adjust Education for an Uncertain Future | Education Vanguard #70
The future. The future of education. This is a topic getting a lot of discussion over the last ten years or so. In many ways, it has dovetailed the rise of technology and the disruptions we see in the workplace and what it means to have a job, a skill and a career. Today I […]
Richard Helps Us Understand the Importance of Interdpendence at an Experiential Campus | Education Vanguard #69
If you are going to design an adjunct campus with boarding facilities, remote from your main campus, then it seems likely you will see the development of student independence as the natural outgrowth of the experience. Richard Pratt, my guest today, found that the experience at Chinese International School’s Hang Zhou campus did actually created […]
Kristen MacConnell Is Bringing Peer-Reviewed Online Content About Education to International Educators and Beyond | Education Vanguard #68
Many of us have some great ideas and things we think we should do or make happen. Sometimes it is difficult for us to take one of those ideas and make it a reality. We enjoy listening to the stories of those who do though and Kristen MacConnell is one of those people. Kristen sees […]
Doris Korda Brings Entrepreneurial Based Learning to Her School and Yours | Education Vanguard # 67
I really enjoy speaking to people about the changes and shifts taking place in education today. There are a host of early adopters out there trying and succeeding at bringing contemporary learning ideas more suitable for today’s world. Doris Korda is one of them. Doris is the associate head at Hawken School in Ohio, USA. […]
Glenn Shares the Power of Sustainability, Experiential Learning and Life at the Bali Green School | Education Vanguard # 66
The combination of the words Green and Bali may conjure up the idea of beauty that we have come to expect when we think about or visit Bali, Indonesia. The popular Bali Green School combines the beauty of Bali, a focus on sustainability and modern learning practices to create a unique student experience. I talk […]
Tim Stuart Discusses Bringing Significant Shifts to How Singapore American School Delivers Education | Education Vanguard # 65
Change is coming! We often hear that in education today. We also often see signs and examples of those changes in new schools with a shared commitment to a contemporary pedagogy. But what about larger schools? Schools that are already well established, doing well and seen as successful in many ways. How do they shift? […]
Dr. Damian Bebell Discusses School Data and the Dialog It Generates | Education Vanguard # 64
Data, data, data and more data. I often hear the call for data at meetings, gatherings or even the occasional happy hour. Well not really, but you know what I mean. Today I talk with Dr. Damian Bebell, assistant research professor at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. More germane to the discussion today, […]