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From Outstanding Schools - the premium content and networking provider for international educators around the globe - Class Act sheds a spotlight on the school executives, educators, and thought-leaders who are positively impacting the industry. Join us each month as we tackle the key issues, challenges and opportunities currently affecting the international education community. With topics ranging from educator well-being to Esports curricula, sustainability to stakeholder management, Class Act aims to inspire international educators and provide them with the necessary insights to improve their pedagogical practice and make their school the best in the region. Hosted by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson, and produced by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson and Mary Best for GovNet Communications.

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United States

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From Outstanding Schools - the premium content and networking provider for international educators around the globe - Class Act sheds a spotlight on the school executives, educators, and thought-leaders who are positively impacting the industry. Join us each month as we tackle the key issues, challenges and opportunities currently affecting the international education community. With topics ranging from educator well-being to Esports curricula, sustainability to stakeholder management, Class Act aims to inspire international educators and provide them with the necessary insights to improve their pedagogical practice and make their school the best in the region. Hosted by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson, and produced by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson and Mary Best for GovNet Communications.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Authentic Approaches to Multilingualism with Dr Lorna Caputo-Greenall

3/21/2024
Dr Lorna Caputo-Greenall’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lorna-caputo-greenall-38309650/ Exploring Multilingualism: https://exploringmultilingualism.com/ The Conversation (2023) ‘Why being bilingual can open doors for children with developmental disabilities, not close them’ https://theconversation.com/why-being-bilingual-can-open-doors-for-children-with-developmental-disabilities-not-close-them Polizzi, C (2023) ‘A Case for Multilingualism in International Schools’ in The International Educator https://www.tieonline.com/article/3504/a-case-for-multilingualism-in-international-schools NALDIC International Schools Special Interest Group: https://naldic.org.uk/events-cpd/networking-opportunities/regional-and-special-interest-groups/

Duration:00:30:56

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Climate Education and Student Activism in International Schools with Sagarika Sriram

3/7/2024
Sagarika Sriram’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarika-sriram-23b533214/ BBC 100 Women 2023: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234 K4B World – Kids For A Better World: https://www.k4bworld.com/

Duration:00:20:52

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Embedding Esports in International Schools with Elliot Mack

3/5/2024
Elliot Mack’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-mack-61575b173/ DAIGON Esports: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daigon-esports/ Shewale, R. (2024) ‘esports Statistics In 2024 (Viewers, Growth & Forecast)’: https://www.demandsage.com/esports-statistics/ Markey, P. M., Christopher F. J., and Hopkins, L. I. (2014) ‘The Benefits of Playing Video Games’ in American Psychologist, Vol. 69, No. 1, 66-78 https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-a0034857.pdf Eichenbaum, A., Bavelier, D., Green, C. S. (2014) ‘Video Games: Play That Can Do Serious Good’ in American Journal of Play, Vol. 7. No, 1 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1043955.pdf Nielsen, R. K. L., Hanghøj, T., Boller, M. and Mollerup, P. (2021) ‘Teaching esports to young students with autism: Exploring pedagogical possibilities and challenges’ https://pure.itu.dk/ws/files/86414868/FDG2021_Teaching_esports_to_young_students.pdfielsen Dr Rachel Kowert’s YouTube Channel Psychgeist: https://www.youtube.com/@Psychgeist Dr Rachel Kowert ‘What do we know about violent video games?’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owxk7LMzUSQ World Economic Forum (2023) ‘Esports are being taught in schools. Could they give students useful workplace skills?’ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/esports-on-educational-curriculums-teach-skills/ World Economic Forum (2023) ‘Future of Jobs Report 2023’ https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/digest World Economic Forum 2023 ‘Defining Education 4.0: A Taxonomy for the Future of Learning’ https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Defining_Education_4.0_2023.pdf World Economic Forum (2022) ‘Why are young people not prepared for the jobs of the future?’ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/why-are-young-people-not-preparing-for-the-jobs-of-the-future/ Ueno, H. and Dooley, B. (2023) ‘A Tokyo esports school coaxes dropouts back to class’, The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/03/04/lifestyle/school-esports-dropout/ Women in Games: https://www.womeningames.org/

Duration:00:33:37

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Activating Student Agency with Summer Howarth

2/23/2024
References: Summer Howarth’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summerhowarth/ The Eventful Learning Co: https://eventfullearning.co/ Northern Territory Learning Commision: https://learningcommission.com/ Vaughan, T., Howarth, S., Cartwright, S. and Clearly, J. (2020) ‘Student agency in action in the Northern Territory’ in Teacher Magazine: https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/student-agency-in-action-in-the-northern-territory. Schools Plus Webinar (2020) ‘Learning Together: Students as partners in learning’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2OP3Zpg93A The Northern Territory Learning Commission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYlTnsNaG8. ISC Research (2023) ‘Listening to international student voices: A DEIJ topic’: https://go.iscresearch.com/international-student-voices.pdf. Outstanding Schools: LinkedIn Community: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7026844405370081280/. Blog: https://blog.outstandingschools.com. Downloadable Resources: https://outstandingschools.com/downloadable-resources/. Webinars: https://outstandingschools.com/on-demand-webinars/. Outstanding Schools Middle East Conference: https://outstandingschools.com/middle-east/.

Duration:00:47:26

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Championing Sustainability and Environmental Education with d'Arcy Lunn

11/5/2023
References: d’Arcy Lunn’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darcy-lunn/. Education in Motion (EiM): https://www.linkedin.com/company/educationinmotion/. The Green School Bali: https://blog.outstandingschools.com/changing-the-culture-in-and-about-schools. Teaspoons of Change: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teaspoons-of-change/. ISC Research (2023) ‘Why more international schools keep opening: Factors impacting the demand and development of international schools’ https://go.iscresearch.com/why-more-schools-keep-opening. Dr David Suzuki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki and https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/david-suzuki. The David Suzuki Foundation: https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/what-is-climate-change/. On the colonial legacy of international schools, see Hughes, C. (2021) ‘Decolonising the curriculum’ in CIS Perspectives https://www.cois.org/about-cis/perspectives-blog/blog-post/~board/perspectives-blog/post/decolonising-the-curriculum; Cf. ODIS (Organisation to Decolonise International Schools) https://odis.carrd.co/. On the UAE Ministry of Education’s Green Education Partnership: https://www.moe.gov.ae/En/MediaCenter/News/Pages/Green-Education.aspx. On Greta Thunberg’s criticism of world leader’s promises to tackle the climate emergency at the Youth4Climate Summit in Italy in 2021, see Carrington, D. (2021) “Blah, blah, blah: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis’ in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/28/blah-greta-thunberg-leaders-climate-crisis-co2-emissions. Outstanding Schools: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7026844405370081280/https://blog.outstandingschools.comhttps://outstandingschools.com/downloadable-resources/https://outstandingschools.com/on-demand-webinars/https://outstandingschools.com/middle-east/

Duration:00:46:06

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Transitioning from Wellbeing to Wholebeing with Andrea Downie

10/3/2023
References: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-downiehttps://www.projectthrive.com.au/homehttps://education.unimelb.edu.au/cwshttps://blog.outstandingschools.com/could-redesigning-education-end-the-mental-health-crisis-a-paradigm-shift-to-a-more-relevant-system-andrea-downiehttps://www.missionaustralia.com.au/publications/youth-surveyThe Journal of Health and Social Behaviorhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3090197The emotional life of your brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel, and live - and how you can change them Handbook of Positive School Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Practice for Promoting Youth Mental HealthOutstanding Schools: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7026844405370081280/https://blog.outstandingschools.comhttps://outstandingschools.com/downloadable-resources/https://outstandingschools.com/on-demand-webinars/https://outstandingschools.com/middle-east/

Duration:00:37:24