Transform.Ed Briefing #25

From shaping a cultural education plan to ideas on the many Futures of Education, this week's briefing provides you with the razors to reimagine education!

Jun 29, 2023

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

– Albert Einstein

Last week, 57% of our readers felt that creativity and originality were the hardest skills to teach. With the emergence of Generative AI, maintaining a balance between leveraging these technologies and fostering learners’ abilities to develop unique perspectives has become an area of concern. In such a scenario, the critical question is, how do we nurture these traits among students?

Contrary to popular belief, creativity is not innate and can be taught. Research shows certain habits commonly observed among successful artists and scientists can stimulate original and creative outcomes. These include “embracing the unexpected”, “creating conditions for creation”, and “breaking away from dogma".

Cultivating these can ignite that tiny spark of imagination in the minds of the students. But before that, we need to address certain questions. How can we implement these ideas in our classrooms? How can we integrate these into existing pedagogies? Or evolve them into better ones? How will we address the limitations that we may discover on the way?

These and many such questions of relevance can be discussed on the Global Citizenship Foundation’s Educational Leadership Community, a dedicated platform to drive narratives around the future of education and engage in meaningful dialogues and deliberations with fellow educators worldwide.

With this carefully curated edition of Transform.Ed Briefing, you can explore featured articles, stay informed about the latest education policies, participate in our weekly poll, discover global events, indulge in a recommended movie, enhance your skills with professional development opportunities, enrich your knowledge with our book recommendations and stay on top of finding exciting job opportunities!

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As a first-generation learner and educator, I understand the value of inspiring educators in the lives of learners; the most inspiring educators I’ve encountered in life are those who never stop learning. Together, let’s embark on this incredible journey of learning and transforming education for human and planetary flourishing! Subscribe to Transform.Ed and be at the forefront of shaping the many futures of education!

In service of education and visionary education leaders,

— Aaryan Salman
Director-General
Global Citizenship Foundation

📄 Big Ideas

Discover thought-provoking insights from the .ed Magazine and around the web!

Futures of Education, a Springboard to Future-Proof Societies

By Dr. Ashok Pandey | .ed Magazine

How One Principal Builds Strong Relationships

By Brittany R. Collins | edutopia

🗳️Poll of the Week

Our weekly poll, designed to spark conversations on critical topics impacting you and education.

📜 The Policy Pulse

Stay informed about the latest developments in education policy with our curated selection of articles, policy briefs, or other valuable resources.

Lessons for Education from COVID-19

By OECD

🗓️ Global Events for Educators

Explore exciting upcoming events for educators worldwide.

Jul 03: Shaping the Cultural Education plan with NSEAD

(Free Entry) This is an Online Event hosted by NSEAD - National Association for Art & Design Education.

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Jul 04: Autism; Managing Feelings of Anxiety, Sadness, Anger

(Free Entry) This is an Online Event hosted by Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).

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Jul 06: AI in Education: the opportunities and risks

(Free Entry) This is an Online Event hosted by Alban Education and Alban Teaching School Hub.

🎬 Lights, camera, education!

Enjoy a thought-provoking film recommendation.

School of Rock

After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his creative class into a rock band.