by Bern Nicholls | Aug 16, 2018
Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers’ BrainSMART® Model reflects the ever-expanding body of research on the brain and our potential to learn and change throughout our entire life span. I cannot remember David Sousa’s direct quote, nor its location, but the message struck a...
by Bern Nicholls | Aug 14, 2018
The final day of the Hawker Brownlow Education Thinking & Learning Conference 2018 was invigorating, with the main challenge being the actioning of at least one great idea learned over the past three days! A key question driving Donna Wilson’s early experiences as...
by Bern Nicholls | Aug 9, 2018
Forget everything you know! This book challenges widely held beliefs that talent and expertise are a result of genetic predisposition. In fact, the authors’ propose that education needs a new model for understanding the “science of expertise” that necessitates a...
by Bern Nicholls | Aug 6, 2018
On the final day of the Hawker Brownlow Education Thinking & Learning Conference 2018, the choice of workshops on offer was an absolute feast for the voracious learners in attendance. Teacher Leaders as Sage and Guide was a highly engaging workshop that began...
by Bern Nicholls | Aug 1, 2018
On a crisp Saturday morning, I was mesmerised by the athleticism of the thoroughbred horses being put through their paces around Caulfield Racecourse. As I awaited the commencement of Dylan Wiliam’s Leadership for Teacher Learning Institute, my expectations for a...
