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Being in the Moment

A theme from my many school visits this last fall was that both students and teachers realize we should take or make more time for reflection.  We know that authentic reflection starts with being focused on the moment, taking in what lessons we can when we can, be it in a classroom, on the ball [...]

By | 2013-02-12T00:12:40+00:00 February 12th, 2013|Global Learning|0 Comments

Systems, Rain Forests, Soda, Sugar, and Falconing

On Saturday I return to the Philippines for an annual trip with high school students.   Fresh out of grad school I taught there for year in 1981-82, an experience where I formed some of my first ideas about transformational education. Two stories from that time are embedded in my book, The Falconer, and I [...]

Follow Mini-EdJourney: Two Weeks in the Philippines!

On Saturday I will join with fourteen juniors and seniors from Francis Parker School and fly to Dumaguete City, on the island of Negros, 500 miles south of Manila in the Philippines.  By Monday we will be gazing down on the lowlands from high on the side of a volcano, hearing the stories of medieval [...]

Three Chances to Hear Big Lessons From EdJourney at NAIS/NBOA

If you will be attending NAIS/NBOA in Philadelphia this month; or please share with others at your school who are attending: I will be giving three sessions the week of Feb 25th, my first public reports on the principle findings of my EdJourney across the United States this fall, visiting 64 schools to find out [...]

1st Graders at MVP Embrace Empathy Through Bus Stop Design

What are your 1st graders doing today?  Heck, what are your high school seniors doing today?  Is it as engaging and full of enthusiasm for learning as what you will see on these short videos from Mary Cantwell and Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School?  Is the time your students and teachers are spending in their classes [...]

By | 2013-02-01T16:12:50+00:00 February 1st, 2013|21C Skills, Innovation in Education|4 Comments

Design in Nature and the Relevancy of Your School

Dr. Adrian Bejanof Duke, author of Design in Nature, has been kind enough to help clarify our understanding of how the constructal law will drive the design of future K-12 learning systems. The constructal law requires that systems that carry some flow tend towards a tree-shape design (see earlier posts for clarification). I queried him [...]

Finding Value Never More Important For Both Public and Private Schools

I have been investigating, and you have been commenting on, the future structure of K-12 education.  In my morning paper there is an article about National School Choice Week, particularly important here in San Diego, which has one of the strongest school choice programs in the nation.  Families can apply for their students to attend any [...]

More Thoughtful Comments on Constructal Law and The Structure of Education

My reflections on the work by Dr. Adrian Bejan on constructal law and its implications for K-12 school and learning continues to draw comments, both from educators and theorists.  Here are two thoughtful comments to mull over as we think about how a global learning system, the cognitosphere, will evolve in the years and decades [...]

By | 2013-01-28T22:49:49+00:00 January 28th, 2013|Innovation in Education|1 Comment