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May 5, 2022 Planned obsolescence has been a traditional feature of design (linear systems) in the creation of products and services. We buy products and throw them away to buy
Chapter 3 Ethical dilemmas have an impact on student interest and motivation. This discovery inspired our exploratory culture of learning in our Design laboratory and led us to develop a
After the lockdowns and restrictions of learning to live with COVID-19, most people realized the value of just being in nature with its benefits for mental health and physical wellbeing.
This is the first in a series of six articles on how education leaders can move the goalposts of leadership challenges. Leadership teams need to act quickly because the goalposts
Gardens can grow communities either at school, on your block, or someplace in your city. The skills and knowledge gathered by growing food and learning to cook are valuable in
A mechanism is an ultimate example of collaboration “a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery” (Oxford Languages). Power within the system may be distributed
Greek mythology contains stories of victory and defeat. Icarus, for example, didn’t get a second chance. In spite of his father’s warning, he flew too close to the sun and
We have been following Spot’s adventures for many years now; not Spot the children’s book character created by Eric Hill, but the Boston Dynamics’s mobile quadruped robot, currently available at
How do students manage uncertain or unknown situations themselves? What skills do they need? In this article, we will explore links between astronaut proficiencies and global skills, including extracts from
Many students and teachers will be physically returning to school in the Fall, others will be in ‘lockdowns’ due to the pandemic. This ‘morphing’ from one system of learning to