SWEDEN: Adult Learning Global Change
ALASDAIR FOSTER took part in the 2016 Adult Learning Global Change institute, which that year was held in Sweden. The Institute meets every two years hosted by a different member, usually in one of Australia, Canada, South Africa or Sweden, the respective bases of the founding academic institutions. Dr Foster presented a paper entitled ‘Shooting … Continue reading
Empowering Children to Realise Their Creativity
:: The Wrong Side of the Looking Glass :: “Children are born with a strong propensity for creativity, but conventional education is specifically structured to remove it by the time they reach puberty. This shapes children to become adults in a looking-glass world in which they consume other people’s ideas rather than working together to … Continue reading
Dyslexia · Diversity · Democracy
:: Shooting the Moon :: Alasdair Foster delivered a lecture at Newcastle University last Wednesday, which built out from his personal experience of being dyslexic to argue for a better understanding of difference within our educational system. He does not consider dyslexia to be a disability but a different ability, one which he has been … Continue reading