Leadership for Learning
Leadership for Learning asks if we are creating resilient, flexible learners - or do we create a culture of dependency? The 21st century global workforce needs resilient, creative, independent learners who have flexible skills and competences, who work well in teams and who can lead themselves and others to perform up to and beyond their potential.
Jackie asks these questions:
* has 'teaching to the test' created passive, coasting learners who are too dependent on teachers?
* is the curriculum too content-heavy with no room for independent learning and creativity?
* how can we ensure that students develop transferable skills and competences that will enable them to be successful in the workplace of the future?
* are we creating resilient, flexible learners with the emotional intelligence to achieve up to and beyond their potential?
* how can we make sure that all students 'choose to learn' and develop respect for eachother, themselves and for learning?
* why don't teachers use more brain-friendly learning techniques to add value and motivate students?
* how can we introduce personalised learning for all our students?
* what do we need to consider about learning when Building Schools for the Future? (BSF)
Does this quote still apply to today's students?
Imagine oneself sailing on a ship across an unknown sea, to an unknown destination. An adult would be desperate to know where he is going. But a child only knows he is going to school… The chart is neither available nor understandable to him or her… Very quickly, the daily life on board ship becomes all important… The daily chores, the demands, the inspections, become the reality, not the voyage, nor the destination.’ Mary Alice White (1971)
Outlines of training courses Jackie can provide for staff, parents and students on this and other subjects can be found by clicking on this link: Learning Courses.
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Publications
Books
The Primary Learner's Toolkit and The Learner's Toolkit are still available to develop your independent learners and creative curriculum. (See Publications page.)
Jackie’s latest best-selling books are The Perfect (Ofsted) Lesson and The Perfect (Ofsted) Inspection - must reads for all teachers and leaders who want to be ‘outstanding’. Click here to buy The Perfect (Ofsted) Lesson
Click here to buy The Perfect (Ofsted) Inspection
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Interesting Articles
"Example. Lessons in Learning to Learn" by Jackie Beere. Describes how Jackie attempted to transform learning across the curriculum as an AST at Campion School.
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Jackie Beere on Teacher's TV
"Teachers TV: One Schools Journey". This film shows a school seeking to develop independent learning in the curriculum.
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