Graham Leicester of the
International Futures Forum (IFF) has been
blogging about his involvement in an open conspiracy to transform education. His thoughts also appeared in an article in the Scotsman on August 31st. He is putting out a call for pragmatic visionaries to join the debate and the action, at first in Scotland where the conditions are ripening for a significant change of direction in educational policy and practice. He proposes
... a twin track strategy. At the level of practice provide the tools and frameworks to encourage thinking beyond the existing culture (our three horizons Kit for schools will be launched later this year); and at the policy level provide dedicated support for pragmatic visionaries, in the knowledge that some of what they get up to will be transgressive and different. They are planting the seeds of next practice.
and, as good as his word, IFF are providing practical support for people who are up for the challenge of educational innovation
... our own next step will be to provide a safe, supported, facilitated space for the pragmatic visionaries in Scotland to get together to support each other and to devise next practice - with our own headquarters at The Boathouse as its home.
I'm happy to be part of the conspiracy as one of the publishers of
Transformative Innovation in Education and would like to invite anyone interested to join us. The booklet is concise and to the point and we've had several reports that it is a pleasure to read.
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