Thursday, 8 March 2012

On 7 March Professor Martin Westwell presented a thought provoking talk: Forget the answers, it is all about the questions 

He talked about how live in times of constant change and because of this we need 'skillable people' who can quickly adapt to change. 
Education used to be about building up our knowledge and then putting this knowledge to use. We used to be question rich and answer poor. Now we live in a world where the answers are readily at our finger tips, but what we lack are are the in-depth and investigative type questions. The types of questions we ask is more important than ever.
Other interesting topics covered were creativity, personalized learning and what this really means, as well as how to effectively use technology in education. 



Martin taking the teachers through a test which investigated their emotions and memory 






Martin's brain and some of his 'thoughts'!

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