Julie Boyd was one of the pioneers of Cooperative Learning and Resiliency in Australia. First introducing the concepts and strategies at a whole school level at tiny Loch Primary School in Victoria, which led to conferences and workshops across all states of Australia. Julie has expanded the intention of cooperative learning to whole schools across […]
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Cooperative Learning – A Societal Driver for the Future
June 9, 2011 by
Published in COOPERATIVE LEARNING, PEDAGOGY, POLICY AND PRACTICE. University of Queensland 2010 In a time of accelerated and massive change, when conventional resources are quickly being depleted, cooperative effort is needed to navigate the “rapids of change.” ABSTRACT The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. Bertrand Russell Cooperative Learning is one of the […]
Cooperative Learning
Professional Development for Cooperative Learning Book Chapter Published by State University of New York 1998 LEARNING TOGETHER A highly practical manual designed to assist teachers and community workers to facilitate collaborative and interactive learning. ACTIVE LEARNING In an era of digital learning it is crucial for students to develop the skills of face to face […]
SCHOOLS AS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
February 12, 2011 by
© Julie Boyd 2010 (updated from an original 1993 article) For full article including diagrams click here: SCHOOLS AS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES 2010 Taken individually, each concept in the phrase “collaborative learning community” has incredible power and together, there is a synergy, a revolutionary force that we are only just beginning to recognize in schools. […]
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Our Professional Learning Programs tend to be clustered under: Centre for Contemporary LEADERSHIP Centre for Effective TEACHING and LEARNING Centre for ECOLITERACY, SUSTAINABILITY and SYSTEMS Centre for RESPONSIBLE use of TECHNOLOGY Centre for RESPONSIVE STUDENT SERVICES Centre for INDIGENOUS LEARNING We welcome enquiries about any of these themes and can negotiate programs specific to your school or […]
ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
March 29, 2012 by
© Julie Boyd 2012 Traditional models and theories of leadership are not necessarily helpful in a contemporary world. One of the challenges for educational leaders is in the realisation that education can no longer be quarantined from our broader society and environment. A theory of leadership derived from principles of ecology calls for a radical […]
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
February 15, 2012 by
Schools We Can Envy March 8, 2012 Diane Ravitch http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/08/schools-we-can-envy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=February+14+2012&utm_content=February+14+2012+CID_df0a036fbf79555ea6739ad90deab4b9&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Schools+We+Can+Envy Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg, with a foreword by Andy Hargreaves Teachers College Press, 167 pp., $34.95 (paper) Tuomas UusheimoThe Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland, which accommodates about 770 students aged seven to sixteen and […]
Schools As Collaborative Learning Communities
SCHOOLS AS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES © Julie Boyd 2010 (updated from an original 1993 article) Taken individually, each concept in the phrase “collaborative learning community” has incredible power and together, there is a synergy, a revolutionary force that we are only just beginning to recognize in schools. The school pictured above has given way to […]