Why and how you could define high-quality learning to guide your school’s pedagogical approach
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer I will begin this blog post with a bold claim that has taken me twenty years to understand, and I’m still working on it! High-quality learning and teaching (HQLT) is both context and culture dependent and cannot be defined and measured in absolute, universal terms. […]
Crushed by Cramming: The Misinterpreted Effort Hypothesis and How to Help Learners Fix the Problem
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer Leo Thompson is dedicated to empowering people to learn and grow through applied education research and innovation. Committed to global citizenship, Leo has a deep appreciation for different cultures and often visits schools internationally to appreciate their strengths and support their continuous journey towards […]
Unpacking a model of Global Citizenship and intercultural understanding for our sustainability and well-being
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer The three global pandemics presently impacting upon us—Covid 19, unsustainability, and discrimination—have provoked me to join some dots to present an ‘unpacked’ model of global citizenship and intercultural understanding (GCIU), a core goal of CIS and our transnational membership community across more than 120 countries. […]
Why we do what we do. The case for global citizenship
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer As some of us pack away the fairy lights, baubles, and tinsel from the festive season, we also try to find time to pause and reflect. We reflect on what we do, what we have achieved, and where we are going. Occasionally we may […]
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer WHO is the model for? Anyone who can access it. It is designed to be applicable to all schools and universities but also to all organizations, as these issues are found in every society to varying degrees. There are major conversations going on in […]
Unpacking well-being part three: What did students teach me about well-being?
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer In part three of my blog series to unpack well-being in international education (here’s part 1 and part 2), we welcome student voice and perspective as a mini-case study to shine a light on what’s truly important when it comes to their well-being. Through a profoundly insightful […]
Unpacking well-being part two: Driving change
By Leo Thompson, MA, MEd, CIS School Support and Evaluation Officer We began unpacking well-being by asking, ‘what is well-being in education?’. We looked at related concepts and theory and started to identify the ways that international schools are challenged to weave well-being through their community to align with CIS accreditation standards. Now, let’s reflect on […]
Unpacking well-being part one the glittering gem
What does well-being in education really mean? How can we give it a mandate and support it in our school communities? The purpose of this post, the first in a series, is to move the well-being conversation forward and share some practical resources and stimuli. Let’s starts at cloud level by looking at concepts and […]
