Audio Book Samples
Listen to Free Chapters from Learnership What does it take to prepare students for a future where the only constant is change? In these free audio chapters from Learnership, I invite you to rethink education’s…
The Contaminated Word: Why ‘Feedback’ Makes Stud…
You spend hours writing thoughtful feedback on student work. You know what effective feedback looks like—timely, specific, actionable. You’re good at this. Then Monday arrives. Students glance at your comments for 30 seconds before shoving…
The Advice Revolution: What Students Actually Want From You
“Am I finished?” “Is this good enough?” “What else do I need to do?” These questions drive teachers crazy because they reveal a fundamental problem: students have been trained to have feedback done to them,…
Stop Guessing—Teach Students to Tell You What They Need
You’ve been teaching paragraph structure and quote integration. Both are in your success criteria. You mark an essay focusing on paragraph structure—it needs work and you have expertise to share. But the student was fixated…
Learnership in Action: An Australian School’s Story
Learnership in Action: An Australian School’s Story Growing Agile Learners: The Award-Winning Program Transforming How Students Engage with Challenge Picture walking into a school where students actively embrace challenges, where “I can’t do this” has…
Learner Agency is an outcome, not a pedagogy
There’s a lot of talk in education at the moment about Learner Agency (aka student agency). In the name of agency we are supposed to give students “voice and choice” in their learning. But there’s…
Learner Agency White Paper
Learner Agency is a term educators are hearing more and more about. It appears in educational policy documents around the world, and school leaders are being told the importance of creating environments that promote “Learner…
RESOURCE – Learning Zone Posters
The Learning Zone: Learning to Embrace Challenge in Your Classroom Enter your details below to receive resources to use to help you lead your work with The Learning Zones in your school.
Learnership – Free introductory webinar
This free one hour webinar is a great introduction to Learnership. Many schools have found this video useful to watch in staff meeting or leadership meetings as a way of introducing the ideas to teachers.…
Why Praising Effort Often Backfires
We’ve spent years telling teachers to praise effort. And with good reason. It’s a move away from praising natural ability, and toward valuing process. It sends the message that hard work matters. But here’s the…
The Greatness Gap: Why Students Underestimate What’s P…
There’s a reason so many students shy away from challenge. It’s not because they’re lazy. Or afraid. Or unwilling to try. It’s because they’ve bought into a story—a story they see reinforced in the world…
The Learning Zone: Why Comfort Isn’t the Goal
Most students don’t resist learning. They resist discomfort. And if we’re not careful, we design school experiences that reward exactly that—students staying comfortable. Staying safe. Staying successful. We celebrate engagement, but rarely ask: Engaged in…