Recorded at the Educational Leaders Forum 2011, University of Canterbury's Chris Jansen explores the change process, and whether or not this can be made positive.
Director of Mohawk Media, Helen Baxter, outlines the work she has been doing with creative commons and summarises the workshop on digital natives she led at the 2011 Education Leaders Forum. Helen also talks about the skills that students will need to have for the modern workplace. As part of the workshop a mind-map was created, and referred to in this interview.
Year 12 Wellington High students, Flora Reilly-Davis and Oska Rego, talk at the recent Education Leaders Forum about being a student in today's education system. They provide reflective comments about teaching and learning, the use of technology, and possible scenarios for their future.
In this video, recorded at the 2011 Education Leaders Forum, Professor of Economics at Lincoln University, Paul Dalziel, discusses what it means to be an education leader in New Zealand in light of worrying statistics involving Māori and Pasifika students. Paul is science leader for a 5-year programme researching the way schools and communities can support young people making choices about their education and employment.
Craig McDowell, Director of leadership, learning and development consultancy Aspire2Lead, talks about his work assisting and developing leadership. Craig was recorded at ELF11, where he was a contributing speaker.
Jennifer Moxon, Managing Director of IBM New Zealand speaking at the Education Leaders Forum 2011, highlights the need for skill and creativity-based education in New Zealand. She believes the most important thing educators can do is teach children how to learn, not what to think.
Eva-Maria Salikhova spoke at ELF 2010, and in this short clip she brings the perspective of a twenty year old to the challenges associated with the role of educators today. She makes the claim that the internet does not leave much room for teachers in today's learning environment, with teachers now required to assist in "how to learn" and "how to apply information". Learn more >>
Steve Maharey is the Vice-Chancellor of Massey University. Prior to this he was a government minister for nine years as Minister of Education and Minister of Research, Science and Technology. In this presentation he challenges educators, from the early childhood through to tertiary sectors to think differently about education, and challenges institutions to provide educators with the time and opportunities to face the future with an entrepreneurial disposition.
Eva-Maria Salikhova is a twenty year old international speaker and certified coach who is living her dream: to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between teenagers and adults around the globe. She is the author of the world's first parenting book written by a teenager, provocatively titled You Shut Up!. At ELF 2010 Eva-Maria talked about the way young people use social media.
Dr Jan Robertson, Academic Consultant and formerly Director of the London Centre for Leadership in Learning at the Institute of Education, talks about her teaching and research which focuses on professional learning. Jan believes that developing deep learning relationships throughout the education community, is at the heart of effective educational leadership. She believes it is her role as a leadership educator, to "...challenge, provoke, affirm, present ideas, and seek commitment to thinking about change and innovation in places of learning, for meeting the needs of tomorrow's leaders."
