For me, the long end of year break is a great time to engage in professional learning. I was fortunate to spend some time working with Professor Ian Mentor, a revered Oxford University academic on improving teacher education. As a principal of an international school, there was much to be learnt from the guru of teacher learning.
For me, the long end of year break is a great time to engage in professional learning. I was fortunate to spend some time working with Professor Ian Mentor, a revered Oxford University academic on improving teacher education. As a principal of an international school, there was much to be learnt from the guru of teacher learning.
In a presentation given at Southern Cross University during July this year Professor Menter offered insight into a ‘clinical’ approach to teacher learning. Improving student attainment is a key feature of a teacher’s work and using a more de-privatised approach to supporting teacher learning is a key factor to improving student learning.
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I'm Jake Madden — educator, principal, and author with over 40 years in the field. My work centres on building teacher capacity, future-focused learning design, and global curriculum thinking. I'm especially passionate about the teacher-as-researcher and have explored these ideas through books and journal articles. I'm always learning from the field as much as contributing to it.
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I'm Jake Madden — educator, principal, and author with over 40 years in the field. My work centres on building teacher capacity, future-focused learning design, and global curriculum thinking. I'm especially passionate about the teacher-as-researcher and have explored these ideas through books and journal articles. I'm always learning from the field as much as contributing to it.
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