Monthly Archives: March 2011

Wikipedia – an example of the social construction of knowledge.

Posted on March 20, 2011 by mwalker

I was conducting a school tour recently for prospective parents where we started to discuss the social construction of knowledge. My tours do go to some ‘random’ places. A prospective parent asked why we placed such importance on personal and … Continue reading →

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Do you have a fixed or fluid mindset?

Posted on March 16, 2011 by mwalker

Occasionally you stumble upon some research that just makes sense. Well this research about the effects of fixed and fluid mindsets on student motivation made sense to me. Have you heard someone say they just no good at………… maths or … Continue reading →

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Aspirant Leaders Program

Posted on March 16, 2011 by mwalker

Recently I met a group of enthusiastic aspirant leaders at the start of their year long professional learning program. Aspirant leaders, I think, is in many ways a misleading title as these teachers are already leaders in their own classrooms, or teams or school. … Continue reading →

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Differentiated Instruction

Posted on March 2, 2011 by mwalker

This post is a work in progress. I’m putting it up on my blog before this weeks instructional rounds for principals to view so that we can tune in to the problem of practice.

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