Author Archives: kaddesh

Well – I’m back. It has been far too long since I’ve posted. Now there are many great podcasts out there relating to Australian education. My aim here is to look at various issues through the lens of Learner Agency … Continue reading →

Schools Afford Learner Agency   I describe agency as having the power to act. By power I mean the ability to assign rules and resources. I’m not sure why I’ve developed this view. I’m sure I’ve just picked it up … Continue reading →

What is community? Where is community? We have been toying with the idea of setting up a community based inner urban high-rise / shopping centre school in Melbourne. The idea has been around for some time: 2010 ABC article here … Continue reading →

As usual Radio National have done it again and got my mind all-a-flutter. This time the idea was about the Slow Food movement from Italy in the 1980’s. In response to Fast Food – they made time for ‘slow food’. … Continue reading →

There is such a rich heritage in this area of education. It is also interesting to note (anecdotally) that a lot of the research on Student Voice is connected with activism in the area of sustainability issues. I’m particularly interested … Continue reading →

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Augmented reality, I’m thinking this could be a sense of ‘situated learning’ imbued with technology based learning tools. Wikitude is a mob who are facilitating AR use on mobile platforms. My holiday project will be to make a ‘world’ and … Continue reading →

Just listened to a David Puttnam speech from October 2008. Very appealing to me as he is into sustainability as well as the connoisseur use of technology in teaching and learning. The thesis would be that his vision of good … Continue reading →

With our new building about to take place I’ve made this little spot to collate some thoughts on building design. Have a look at Dandenong High on the 7.30 Report. The APPA website has some fantastic resources. ABC‘s By Design … Continue reading →