Eight Signs of Student Voice
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These Edushift articles by Phil Dawes and guests provide information and perspectives on a variety of topics related to educational system change
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Moving from Professional Development to Professional Learning
Our educational systems need to meet the personalized needs of students. In other words, they need to become learning systems. This can...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Why Education Needs Creativity Needs Education
It has been more than ten years now since Daniel Pink, in his book A Whole New Mind, hypothesized that we are moving from an information...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Seeking an Alternative to the "Disruptive" in Disruptive Innovation
I have a confession to make. I like the concept behind disruptive innovation. This confession seems necessary because I have noticed...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
System Change Through Disruptive Innovation
Edushift is about bringing our educational systems to the student - through disruptive innovation that cares and shares. So, what...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Customization Now
Time is deceptive. We move incrementally forward, knowing full well that we are in the midst of change, but unable to comprehend the...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Welcome to Summer
In the last post I presented the case, reinforced by Premise 1, that a newly legitimized student voice for ownership of the learning...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 7 min
Clarifying "Role" – Part 3
Words can be easily misunderstood and/or misinterpreted. So the best possible word needs to be used to articulate, as clearly as...
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- Sep 30, 2021
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Clarifying "Role" – Part 2
We know that the role of the teacher needs to change. And in the last post I mentioned that it took me a while to eventually realize...
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- Sep 30, 2021
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Clarifying "Role" – Part 1
So far, I have been using the three premises as a guide to the why” for educational change. But I am sensing that Edushift is now at a...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Full Circle
As systems go, education is in a realm all to itself because educational systems are so seemingly complex; complicated to understand,...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Never Mind On-Line Learning. This is About On-Line Tutoring
In the Western world we often take public education for granted. We find it easy to overlook the fact that, in comparison to much of the...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Imagine
There have been some unforeseen consequences from technology. Take the basic light bulb for example. We have advanced exponentially from...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
It's the Application, Stupid
Throughout my career I have worked a lot with data. And the truth is, I enjoy using numbers as (one) way to tell a story; whether it’s...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Looking for the 15%
Time is deceptive. We can move along from day to day, thinking that everything is the same as usual. Then we can look at a particular...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
When the Washing Machine Breaks
A couple of weeks ago, our washing machine broke. A washing machine is an important appliance in our household. It’s used on an almost...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Premise Test, v1
I’d like to share an example of how the three premises can help anyone to reconsider and validate their thinking and conclusions in...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
The "Why"
To date, everyone I have spoken to about Edushift agrees with the three premises. I feel good about that because I want the Edushift...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Technology is a Support
In the earlier posts I’ve expanded on the ideas introduced as premises 1 and 3. Now I’d like to dig a bit deeper on premise number 2 –...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Personalization
In this post I’d like to expand some more on premise number 1 – that, in our new world of global communications, students and parents...
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