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Professor Brian Caldwell's Richard Selby Smith Oration for the Australian College of Educators delivered in Hobart on 15 July on the topic 'Where have creativity, innovation and passion gone in the great education debates of the 21st century?' read more
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Brian Caldwell's invited presentation to a national symposium hosted by the Australian Education Union (AEU), Australian Government Primary Principals Association (AGPPA) and the Australian Secondary Principals Association (ASPA) in Sydney 23 July 2010 on the theme 'Advice to Ministers and ACARA on NAPLAN, the use of student data, My School and league tables'. |
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Professor Brian Caldwell's Graduation Address at the University of Southern Queensland on 8 May 2010 PERFORMANCE AND PASSION IN THE PROFESSIONS
I extend my congratulations to those graduating today in Arts, Business, Education,
Engineering and Surveying, and Sciences. It is a great occasion. My own graduation
nearly 50 years ago was a great moment for me. I would like to share a few
reflections on what I have learnt since that day and what I continue to learn as my
professional career continues.
My theme is the importance of achieving a balance of performance and passion in
the professions. read more  Caldwell Graduation Address at USQ 8 May 2010.pdf
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SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND NATIONAL CURRICULUM: TENSIONS, DILEMMAS, SOLUTIONS
Theme 1: National Curriculum and the Education Revolution Theme 2: Shifting the Balance Theme 3: Need for a New ‘Default Setting’ Theme 4: Innovation, Creativity and Passion Download the full report Caldwell Autonomy and the National Curriculum QSA Featured Presentation.pdf Download Presentation
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LEADERSHIP FORUM: CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:
CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS Brian Caldwell and Fiona Longmuir
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Caldwell Curriculum and Pedagogy for 21st Century QSA Leadership Forum.pdf SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM: TENSIONS, DILEMMAS, SOLUTIONS Caldwell Keynote at iNet Conference May 4 Caldwell Keynote at 1Net Conference May 4 .pdf Caldwell Powerpoint presentation at the iNet Conference May 4 Caldwell iNet Australia Presentation.pdfCaldwell iNet Australia Presentation.pdf
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Innovation and passion are alive and well in schools throughout Australia. However capacities in these areas are increasingly constrained in a command-and-control approach that is leading to an unprecedented level of centralisation, standardisation and bureaucratisation.
My confidence that innovation and passion thrive is derived from engagement in schools throughout the country over the last five years, in many instances through direct observation in scores of schools, but also in seminars and workshops for hundreds of school leaders in every state and territory.
My concern about the impact of current constraints arises from the experience of these same schools and my ongoing assessment of progress in the `education revolution', the centre piece of the Rudd Governments policy for schools. I released the first assessment on 2 November 2009 and reported a score of 43 out of 100 on the basis of progress on each of 10 criteria set out in the 10-point 10-year strategy in Why Not the Best Schools (Caldwell & Harris, 2008). I provided a quarterly update at a public forum on education in Hamilton,Victoria on 4 March 2010, reporting a marginal increase to 45 out of 100 in a paper entitled `Why the education revolution is not transforming our schools'. Read More
Where is the Innovation? Where is the Passion? (824.80 KB)
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Why the Education Revolution is Not Transforming Schools.pdf
Brian Caldwell's Address to a Public Forum on Education at the Performing Arts Centre, Hamilton, Victoria on 4 March 2010. |
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