Description
Drawing on research and practices from across the world, including research published by the Mitchell Institute, this one-day Curriculum Masterclass will showcase the role of Capabilities in global education including why they matter, how they can be embedded in schools and ideas related to their assessment.
Professor Bill Lucas is the Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and Professor of Learning at the University of Winchester in the UK. Bill is an authority on creativity, pedagogy, parental engagement, and leadership. he travels extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Melbourne, Auckland, Dubai, and London.
In addition to his work at the University of Winchester, Bill is an international adviser to the Mitchell Foundation in Melbourne, the chair of Eton’s research and innovation center and, with Philip Pullman, a patron of the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. Bill has recently been appointed to be the co-chair of the new PISA 2021 test of Creative thinking which will be based on his acclaimed five-dimensional model for creativity. Bill is currently advising the Department of Education in Victoria on the implementation of the ACARA capabilities curriculum.
Bill is a prolific writer and has authored more than forty books and many research reports. His latest books, written with Ellen Spencer, are Developing Tenacity: Teaching learners how to persevere in the face of difficulty and Teaching Creative Thinking: developing learners who have fresh ideas and think critically. His acclaimed book, Educating Ruby: what our children really need to learn, written with Guy Claxton, asks challenging questions about the future direction of education.
Participants are asked to read the paper Capabilities in Context prior to the event.
http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/papers/capabilities-in-context/
A second paper to be published August/September 2018 titled The Capable Country: Cultivating capabilities throughout Australia's education system, will be emailed to participants as additional pre-reading closer to the event.
Presenters
Prof Bill Lucas
Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton.
In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as co-chair of the strategic advisory group for the 2021 PISA test of Creative Thinking which will draw on the work of the CRL. In 2018 he was invited to join the Durham Commission on Creativity in Education as an academic adviser and was subsequently co-author of its first report in 2019. Bill is an international adviser to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in Australia and to the OECD/CERI research into critical and creative thinking in France. In 2022, Bill was appointed to the Global Institute of Creative Thinking as chair of its advisory board.
Bill is known internationally as a speaker on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, healthcare improvement and leadership. Before the pandemic he travelled extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Sydney, Philadelphia, Helsinki, Qatar, Stockholm, Melbourne, Auckland, Belfast, Perth, Dublin and Dubai. He is a prolific, award-winning writer, and has authored and co-authored over forty books and chapters and many peer-reviewed papers.
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Date / Time
24 Oct 2018 Starts: 08:45 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person