Education is broken – but it doesn’t have to be

by | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized

If you read this blog regularly you will know that my heart weeps for education. At a time in which the world faces its greatest ever challenges, we are returning to models of education that were essentially developed 200 years ago. In Australia, we have the...

Clara Schumann

by | Jan 8, 2010 | Uncategorized

Do a google search on Schumann and you will most likely find references to Robert Schumann, the 19th century composer. You won’t immediately find that his wife Clara Schumann, was also a noted composer and virtuoso pianist.As an interesting aside there was a...

Marie Curie

by | Jan 6, 2010 | Uncategorized

Marie Curie’s name is intimately associated with the discovery of ‘radioactivity.’ This is not accurate as that discovery belongs to Henri Becquerel. To me precise she isolated the active radioactive source within pitchblende. Starting with...

Frank Tate

by | Jan 5, 2010 | Uncategorized

Frank Tate was Victoria’s first Director of Education. Reading his biography is an amazing experience. Here was someone who was passionate about education and an educational reformer. He addressed issues we think of as modern. Tate was not content to be a...

Mahatma Gandhi

by | Jan 4, 2010 | Uncategorized

Gandhi held no pubic office and was the head of no organisation yet he was one of the most influential people of the 20th Century.

Perception – Seeing with Fresh Eyes

by | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized

This “seeing with fresh eyes” exercise is something I often use when I find myself stuck or I think my client is stuck. When I’m stuck I can make decisions but I’m not confident about them. They might be OK or they might not, either way they...

In times of great change

by | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized

In times of great change, the learners will inherit the Earth while those attached to old certainties will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer