Cooperation VS Collaboration
A video created by John Spencer [@spencerideas]'Collaboration and cooperation are both vital for creative work. This short, sketchy video explores the difference between the two and why it matters for creative work. 'Sometimes I think I was guilty of creating space and time for collaboration before we agreed to the definition?...
Decoding Deeper Learning in the Classroom
Classrooms are changing. Educators are using different labels and slightly different approaches, but there’s a common thread—making learning more relevant, rigorous, and effective for students. These approaches are all trying to build 'deeper learning competencies' for our graduates, skills that are useful in the classroom and in real life and that allow students to take ownership of their learning...
Capturing the Leadership Premium: World's Top School Systems Build Capacity
While the international evidence provides many instances of proven good practice, the leadership premium – one of the most important drivers of improvement in schools – is a long way from being truly captured. Development of the collective capacity of leadership teams, rather than the individual capacity of leaders, is still limited, despite much research suggesting that collective capacity is a greater driver of performance than individual capacity (see exhibit 19). All systems face challenges to refine, contextualize and optimize the processes they use to support their leaders...
Collaborative Professionalism (Hargreaves & O'Connor)
The evidence that, in general, professional collaboration benefts students and teachers alike has become almost irrefutable. Professional collaboration boosts student achievement, increases teacher retention, and enhances the implementation of innovation and change. The big questions are no longer about whether teachers should collaborate...