Hacking the Curriculum

8th Jul 2013

School Leaders and teachers who are passionate about making sure we educate the ‘whole person’ for the 21st Century will be interested in attending this Expansive Education Conference on 8 July at Park View School in Chester-le-School. Join key note speakers including David Leat from Newcastle University and Sugata Mitra, winner of the 2013 TED prize at this day long conference.

‘Hacking the Curriculum’ will showcase current innovation including  the development of Project Based Learning across networks of schools  in the region, Newcastle University, The Innovation Unit and High Tech High San Diego, USA. The aim of the projects is to challenge all learners to develop not only as individuals but also as participants in and contributors to social renewal.

The cost of the event is £115 per delegate and to book a place please e-mail Hilary Bolton at h.bolton100@durhamlearning.net

Conference Programme:

Iain Veitch, HT : Welcome and challenges of leading a school in the 21st Century.
David Leat: Regional developments in Community Project Based learning.

Sessions* include (to view full programme please click here):

• Building Learning Power (Claxton) and Project Based Learning in KS3, 4 and 5

• Teacher as Researcher and the benefits of being part of the Expansive Education Network
• Curee and support for Teacher  Research
• P4C and other thinking tools in primary schools – St Benets
• Setting up a radio station in primary school – Benton Park
• Poverty Proofing Your School; a project led by Children NE with Park View and Joseph Swann
• Digital Literacy
• Motivational Change using Neuro Linguistic Programming with Matt Hudson – author of ‘The Saboteur Within’
• Teacher Well-being in a time of high anxiety – Jane Anderson
• The RSA & support for Innovation and Creativity in Schools

Sugata Mitra : ‘Build a School in the Cloud’, where children can explore and learn from one another.
Bill Lucas : New kinds of Smart – how the science of learnable intelligence is changing education.

*Provision Programme, other contributors include: Achievement for All, National Citizen Service, IRIS and Coaching