We were asked a while back for our thoughts about building a new school from scratch. Drawing on his experience in schools and school systems around the world, these are Ian Gilbert's 32 surprising recommendations.
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So You Want to Build a New School
We were asked a while back for our thoughts about building a new school from scratch. Drawing on his experience in schools and school systems around the world, these are Ian Gilbert's 32 surprising recommendations.
Four-minute read
Beyond the Bake Sale Pt II
How one small Barnsley primary school is demonstrating a genuine 'pedagogy of possibility' and making the world better in the process.
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Beyond the Bake Sale Pt I
Frustrated by the message that children seem to be receiving that a bake sale will make everything better in the world, Ian Gilbert wrote this for his book Independent Thinking.
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So You Want to Build a New School?
We were recently asked for our advice about building a new school from scratch in Europe. This was Ian Gilbert's controversial - and very popular - check-list by way of a reply.
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Nancy Update
When three of our Associates went to Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp for us they met an amazing young lady called Nancy. With our support, Nancy has moved from refugee camp to university campus and is currently studying social work in Uganda. An update.
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Beyond the Bake Sale: Introducing A Pedagogy of Possibility
A report from a recent Thinking Saturday on how schools can and should integrate dilemma-based service learning into the curriculum through a pedagogy of possibility.
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