John Craig
Associate
John is Director of The Innovation Exchange, which works to grow innovation from the third sector
"learning"
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- Library in your (their?) pocket From today, Peter M shows me, amazon.com greets users with a letter from its CEO, informing them that they can now search by the contents of books, as well as by the title, publisher, etc. Registered users can then view the pages of books on which their search term has been found. A pretty powerful research tool, and finally a solution to that irksome 'I've read it somewhere' feeling. I wonder what this will do to the demand for e-books, and more broadly what the implications of this kind... from : johncraig 27th October 2003
- Farewell curriculum 2000? Last week, I attended a consulation meeting of the working group onf 14-19 reform, led by Mike Tomlinson. Much of what he said was reminiscent of Beyond Measure, which Demos published in 2003, particularly on connecting qualifications to real and tangible capabilities rather than simply exam grades. However, the event raised a number of questions for me, with still over a month for people to submit their thoughts by email. In particular, how can 'inescapable' core skills be reconciled with... from : johncraig 19th July 2004
- From schools out Today the Hay Group published Schools Out, our report about extended schools and the challenges they pose. The Guardian is carrying a news item about our 'voice vouchers' proposal, which is aimed at encouraging parents to participate in school budgeting and decision-making. While vouchers have been a rallying call for neo-liberals, my comment piece, also in the Guardian, tries to present a very different approach to vouchers, as a way in which parents and schools can work together for the... from : johncraig 14th September 2004
- How teachers learn If only we knew what we know. For the last 18 months, Demos has been working in partnership with colleagues at the University of Sussex to understand how good educational practice travels around the system. The results have now been published on the website of the Department for Education and Skills. For me, the findings show that the principles of buzz and conversation preached by bloggers and advertisers have always, given the chance, been practiced by professionals. This was the basic... from : johncraig 11th February 2005
- Cheap revolution hits learning We talk about the connections between policy and practice but unlike Civitas we haven?t set up our own school. This idea has been more popular in some places than others, but to date it hasn?t got me very excited. However, it is interesting that their aim to build a network of many such ?no frills? private schools is already being achieved by GEMS (Global Education Management Systems). Their ability to save money by pooling all administrative and backhaul functions centrally not only... from : johncraig 17th March 2005