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Dr Ann Milne

Developing warrior-scholars, rethinking success

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Alex Hotere-Barnes

Dr Ann Milne

A conversation with Dr Ann Milne (principal of Kia Aroha College, Ōtara, Auckland)

On a hot summer’s day in mid-January 2016, I sat down and interviewed Dr Ann Milne. We discussed her inspirations, who influences her thinking and practice, and what she’s working on presently.

 

E te Aumangea, tēnā koe. Thank you so much for making the time to talk with us about your educational work.

To begin, could you share a little bit about your background and your family?

Well I have four kids, twelve grandchildren, and three great grandchildren!

I grew up in Pataua, a small all-Māori community outside of Whangarei. I went to a tiny school where there was only one other Pākehā family. My parents both left school at age eleven and twelve. They didn’t rate teachers – my dad would call them “educated idiots.” In the end, they both developed successful businesses. Dad taught himself how to build houses, and mum was a hairdresser. All self-taught. A lot of my work-ethic came from them.

My paternal grandmother didn’t go to school; her parents were Scottish immigrants. She lived with us for many years and was selfless. In fact, she was famous for her manaakitanga! She always invited people to come and eat at our place, even when there was little food in the house to actually share. My grandmother always put others first. Her sense of manaakitanga has really stayed with me.

Who has inspired and challenged your thinking?

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EDtalks at ICOT 2013 – prompts to thinking

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jane Nicholls

Last week I attended the 16th International Conference on Thinking in glorious Wellington. It was an action packed week where delegates could experience four ignite talks, five world class keynotes, 5 inspiring performances, and 8 breakout sessions. By the last day I could see many weary thinkers, summed up by this tweet by Susan Feron:

Susan Feron tweet: ICOT 2013

My conference experience is like this … but multiplied! During the conference I was privileged to sit down and talk one-on-one with nearly 40 presenters and capture these conversations as EDtalks. I heard all about Lane Clark's new thinking framework, Cassandra Treadwell explained the exciting "So They Can" project in Kenya, John Edwards helped me to explore his concept of "Siren Voices", and Carol Burnes wove a story with such an eloquent choice of words that it was like watching an artist sculpting.

I was privileged to engage with so many diverse ideas, and so many generous people. Now the process starts of re-engaging with these ideas as we edit the EDtalks and bring them to you. In the next few months you will be able to revisit ideas you met in workshops, introduce yourself to new ideas that you couldn't quite fit in your conference schedule, or experience the ideas afresh if you missed out on the opportunity.

To start you off we have Steve Maharey's opening address for the conference:

Think: Education for creative, innovative, flexible people from EDtalks.

And we have the first of the Ignite speakers, Brendan Spillane:

Pull up a chair from EDtalks.

If you want to be informed when each of the videos are posted online you can follow @edtalks on Twitter, or for a monthly digest, sign up for our email update.

 

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Professor Guy Claxton EDTalk | Can schools prepare you for anything?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jane Nicholls

New from the EDtalks crew …

Professor Guy Claxton is well known for encouraging teachers to think about building their students’ learning power, and now asks the provocative question, “Can schools prepare you for anything?” Professor Claxton spoke at the 2012 Graham Nuthall Annual Lecture in Christchurch where he explored this question in full. Traditional education aims to raise standards by any means, but we are coming to see that preparing young people for tests, and preparing them for life, are different goals. How do we deepen learning so that it systematically builds the learning dispositions that the next generation will need? As work on Key Competencies and 21st century skills evolves it is becoming clearer just what it takes to raise standards in a way that helps kids be ready for anything.

After the lecture CORE Education’s Keryn Davis had the chance to ask Guy about the key messages he had for teachers wanting to deepen learning and build learning dispositions.

You can find out more about Professor Claxton’s work at:

  • The Centre for Real-World Learning
  • The University of Winchester

Visit EDtalks to find more inspiring talks like this one

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Sir Paul Callaghan’s EDtalk | Turning knowledge into wealth

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Jane Nicholls

 

We, at CORE, were very sad to hear of the passing of Sir Paul Callaghan. In tribute we would like to share his EDtalk from the Educational Leaders Forum in 2009.

In his talk Sir Paul Callaghan advocated a shift in New Zealand from a reliance on natural resources to knowledge and innovation. He asked us to think that even though there are unlimited opportunities, the challenge is to provide students with the skills required to create innovative new business.

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Introducing EDtalks

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Jane Nicholls

Want to find out what is happening in education in New Zealand and around the world? EDtalks is a free database of short video interviews with leading educators, thought leaders, and outstanding practitioners to keep you up to date, motivated, and inspired.

We have an ever growing library of over 270 videos currently watched by over 3,000 people a month. We have keynote presentations from major conferences, challenges from international speakers, and people from the coal face telling it like it is.

There are a number of ways to keep up to date with new EDtalks published each week:

  • Sign up for the monthly newsletter
  • Subscribe with iTunes
  • Twitter
  • RSS

Let us know how you use this resource in the comments below.

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