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Master and Apprentice now available to download

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:02:00 +0000

We are very pleased to be publishing a PDF manuscript of the previously unpublished Master and Apprentice: Reuniting Thinking with Doing.

Click here to read more and download the manuscript.

A School that Fits

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:07:11 +0000

In a continuing effort to raise community awareness about the potential all-through school in Larkhall, Bath, a new paper has been published entitled Now that we know how Children and Adolescents Learn, isn’t it time we designed a School that Fits. You can download it as a PDF by clicking on the image below:

Larkhall’s Children

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:28:49 +0000

3.7.10 UPDATE: A School that Fits

A new brochure has been published and distributed titled “A School that Fits.” It can be downloaded here.

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The Initiative is publishing a community newsletter to galvanise debate amongst the people of Larkhall, Bath, as their secondary school (St. Mark’s) faces closure. You can download the paper here by clicking on the image below Please feel free to leave comments.

BaNES has organised a formal meeting to discuss their proposals at St Mark’s at 7pm on the 12th May. We will hold a public meeting to set out our alternative proposal at the New Oriel Hall on Saturday the 22nd May, and will have circulated this document to as many homes as possible before that date.

Design by Chesapeake, illustrations by Rob Hunter

UPDATE: 18th May, 2010

Considerable interest has been expressed in Swedish and Finnish education. We append here documents from our files here in the office which you may find of interest (Download as a zipped folder):

Education in Sweden and Finland ~ 21learn.org

A number of people in Larkhall have asked for information about how this case is being presented in British Columbia, a high-ranking Authority in any case, but determined to move much further forward. It is a place that Larkhall could be linked with in the future. For an explanation, you can download a document we put together for British Columbia titled Schools in the Future:

Schools in the Future- April 2010

Book launch at the Centre for Urban Education, Manchester.

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:38 +0000

There will be a book launch for Overschooled but Undereducated on February 24th at 4:40pm at:

Centre for Urban Education, Manchester
Contact Marilyn Eccles
Centre for Urban Education
Institute of Education
Manchester Metropolitan University
799 Wilmslow Road
Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2RR
Tel: 0161 247 2406

See news for more book launches

Book launch at Alma Park Primary School, Manchester

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:30:22 +0000

There will be a book launch for Overschooled but Undereducated on 24th February at 1:30pm, at Alma Park Primary School, Manchester.

For more information, contact:

Pat Treanor Headteacher
Alma Park Primary School
Errwood Road
Levenshulme
Manchester
M19 2PF

Tel: 0161 224 8789

New website launched

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:41:36 +0000

Version 3 (currently in BETA) of the Initiative’s website is now live. We hope you find it more informative, easier to navigate and use. Be sure to make use of the RSS feeds and leave comments on articles where available. If you notice anything out of place, please contact us.

Book Launches in Bath

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:04:21 +0000

Following the very successful Book Launches at Mr B’s Bookshop and St Stephen’s School, there will be a further Book Launch at St Mark’s School, Larkhall at 7pm on Thursday 11th February. Another one is being set up in Freshford on Wednesday 17th March. The Initiative is interested in responding to other people and organisations who feel that they would like to organise such an event, to which John Abbott could make a presentation. As of now he will also be speaking at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution.

Other Book Launches are to be held in Manchester, the first of which will be at Our Lady’s High School on the 24th March.

A Briefing Paper for Parliamentarians on the Design Faults at the Heart of English Education

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:42:08 +0000

If you missed the announcement on the main page, we encourage you to take a look at the newly published Briefing Paper (downloadable as a PDF file) which is being sent around the country to current Members of Parliament and influential educationalists. Much of the ideas in the publication are being discussed over at the blog, so please take a look.

The Initiative publishes a blog

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:07:30 +0000

The Initiative is pleased to announce that we have added a blog to the website and John Abbott will now be posting items at regular intervals. We see this as an excellent opportunity to engage website viewers directly with the Initiative and are looking forward to receiving your feedback on our posts.

Towards Finding a New Order in Education

The 21st Century Learning Initiative — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:08:42 +0000

Presented as 99 Theses, this book was written by John Abbott shortly before writing started on Overschooled but Undereducated and never published. We are offering it here now in a series of PDFs—5 theses at a time—each week.