Published inTHE PEDAGOGUE·Feb 14Which curriculum is better? IBDP or A Levels?If you live and work internationally, spend any time talking to parents of school-age children and a common topic will pop up: which curriculum is better? The debate dominates school car parks, coffee shops, and parental chatter. For many the choice is a pragmatic one. Parents will stick to the…Parenting8 min readParenting8 min read
Feb 3TEACHING CREDENTIALS: Do the letters after your name matter?TLDR: PGCEi’s still have a place for those who don’t need, don’t want, or can’t afford iQTS. But, for those who do and can, iQTS is the ‘gold standard’. International schoolteachers are enjoying a seller’s market. The post-COVID recruitment churn may have settled somewhat, but many schools are still chasing…International Education6 min readInternational Education6 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Mar 11, 2022Parents as Consumers: Satisfaction with the quality of schoolingAuthors: Corinne Meier and Eleanor Lemmer (College of Education, University of South Africa) Summary: Dr Stephen Whitehead As education has become more internationalised and increasingly vital to individual and societal advancement, so it has become more important to involve parents in the educational process. But how do we educationalists view…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Jan 13, 2022The Harry Potter Pipe Dream? British Bilingual Schools in ChinaWords: Jane Doe* What are UK public schools exporting and what are parents buying? In June 2020 Sara Soma [i] launched the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ site on which more than 10,000 current and former students shared their experiences of sexual harassment in UK schools, including prestigious public schools (private schools).[ii] Many of the public schools in the UK (public school is a…Education8 min readEducation8 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Nov 26, 2021Tackling Male Violence Starts in the ClassroomAn EDDi Provocative from Dr Stephen Whitehead This EDDI Extra is powerful and provocative, deliberately so. EDDi’s raison d’être is to occupy the space between casual blogging and formal academic journals, with more editorial control than the former but less constraints than the latter. Our articles are research-informed but, free of the conventions of formal academic writing…Male Violence6 min readMale Violence6 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Nov 25, 2021Living and Teaching Internationally: Teachers Talk about Personal Experiences, Benefits, and ChallengesOriginal Article Authors: Nelly Sierra Ospina, Sergio Lopera Medina Article summary: Dr Stephen Whitehead One of the themes which is starting to emerge in EDDi is the future of globalisation. It’s popping up with increasingly frequency. We wish it were different. We at EDDi are great fans of globalisation. Which…Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Nov 25, 2021Five education myths that Covid-19 shattersOriginal Article Authors: S.J. Courtney, P. Armstrong, A Gardner-McTaggart, H. Gunter, B. C. Hughes, M. Innes, S. M.Raynor (Institute of Education, Manchester University) Article summary by Dr Stephen Whitehead Five education myths that Covid-19 shatters I have to admit a personal investment in this particular article — I just love it when myths get shattered and…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Nov 25, 2021Using the Science of Learning to Build Collective Teacher EfficacyIn this deep dive, Dr Ian Kelleher, a speaker at the Outstanding Schools Asia Conference and co-author of Neuroteach and The Dreyfuss Chair of Research at the Centre for Transformative Teaching and Learning, shares key advice and guidance on how school leaders and teachers can translate the science of learning…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Sep 7, 2021Bitcoin: Accepted Here?Why private schools SHOULD accept crypto as payment… By Dr Patrick Lee (views are the author’s own) Schools accept tuition payments in many different forms: cash, direct deposit, bank transfer, PayPal, credit and debit cards. Some even accept Apple Pay, Google Pay and the like. Maybe some of these methods…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Published inEDDi: Educational Digest·Aug 27, 2021The end of globalisation?And the implications for international education (By Dr Stephen Whitehead) by Dr Stephen Whitehead (views are Author’s own) Thirty years. Just one generation. And it was all over. Will we look back on the early 21st century with acute nostalgia, fondly recalling that rich and wonderful, though ultimately brief flowering of globalisation? …International Education8 min readInternational Education8 min read
