Try to understand the host country’s perspective. It would be quite the task to encapsulate an entire country’s significant culture, or even try to boil it down to a few key points. The thing is when you try to define…
Every so often International School Community is looking to highlight one of our members in our Member Spotlight blog category. This month we interviewed Jess Gosling: Tell us about your background. Where are you from? Hi, my name is Jess Gosling and I’ve been living…
In previous articles in this series we looked at the first two elements in the CGC Learning Ecosystem: Define and Design. Now we turn our attention to the Deliver element, asking, ‘How do we teach for learning and create a…
The story so far… In our last article, we defined the CGC’s interactive helix of Conceptual, Competency and Character Learning as the DNA of learning. To extend the metaphor, a DNA does not live in a vacuum. It shapes a…
Introduction In a previous article we looked at how the Common Ground Collaborative (CGC) set about creating a complete, connected, Learning Ecosystem, using Four Guiding Questions. The first of these, ‘What is Learning?’, the CGC’s ‘Define’ question, has provided an…
The Common Ground Collaborative (CGC) is re-inventing the learning game as one simple ecosystem. In this series of articles we’ll unpack the CGC story, sharing our work with ISC readers. A few years back, the CGC team looked at the…
Every so often International School Community is looking to highlight one of our members in our Member Spotlight blog category. This month we interviewed Amber Acosta: Tell us about your background. Where are you from? Hi! My name is Amber Acosta. I grew up in…
Every so often International School Community is looking to highlight one of our members in our Member Spotlight blog category. This month we interviewed Rachel Owens: Tell us about your background. Where are you from? Hi my name is Rachel Owens! I am an elementary…
Every so often International School Community is looking to highlight one of our members in our Member Spotlight blog category. This month we interviewed Tareq Hajjaj: Tell us about your background. Where are you from? I very much consider myself a third-culture kid despite living…
Every year, hundreds of leaders of international schools throughout India gather for professional development and share recent research in the field of international education. It is an impressive gathering of teachers, who have an opportunity to proudly represent their school…
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