What’s behind the label of ‘curriculum leader’?
Scanning job advertisements for curriculum management positions supports several insights into the broad application of formal learning in a knowledge-based economy.
The Long History Of Edtech
There’s a long history in education producing school-based publications and media artefacts. Schools produce yearbooks, newsletters and a wide variety of classroom materials and resources, as well as a wealth of school photos and videos.
How to access the best resources
It’s OK to take a little more time and use this time to build ICT skills, after all the motivation to do so is so necessary.
Admit it… teaching and learning online isn’t easy!
From Cognitive Load Theory to existentialist threats in the search for truth, all school-based curriculum providers contend within an information-rich digitally enhanced environment.
Learning design transforms pedagogy
The key aim is the development of Year 5/6 students as ‘philosopher citizens’ who participate in an Australian democracy as both ‘thinkers’ and ‘activists’. This is related to information which this phase of learning may now access ‘the future of work’.
Digital Technologies & Community Relationships
I want to raise some of the hardest issues that schools face regarding accountability and individual educators, managing their professional status. Hence, I look at the curriculum leaders capacity to influence the building of a local school community culture.
Educators giving biographical information in a context.
The question of how much we share of our personal lives in the educational context of schools and classrooms is a vital one. Getting the ‘right balance’ of self-belief and social awareness is even more crucial.