The Mind Lab: Impactful futures start with your future

Impactful futures start with your future

Education changes constantly. What we teach and how we teach it continues to evolve as new technologies and societal needs emerge. That’s exactly why The Mind Lab designed the Master of Contemporary Education (MCE).

The MCE programme helps educators extend their capabilities and lead innovative, collaborative and empowering change in their classrooms with practice based, project-led learning. Here Laura and Rachel share how they used their MCE studies to enrich learning experiences for their students.

AI for Agency and Independence

Through her practice-based project, Laura Wheeler developed a personalised learning pedagogical approach that empowered her Year 4 class at Meadowbank School in Auckland, to influence their pace and path of learning. Using an AI chatbot she created called ‘My Agency Bot System’, her students were able to independently find the best learning activity that supported them achieving their own learning goals. It provided an instant response, helping students to engage in their own learning agency, in turn accelerating their progress. “Over the past few years, learning time has been significantly disrupted. I wanted to find a way to get learning back on track. The MCE helped me broaden my understanding of different pedagogical approaches. The collaboration with my Project Team and the feedback and advice offered by our supervisor was instrumental to the scope of this project, keeping us true to the needs of our learners, while at the same time allowing space to learn from one another.”

Outside the classroom

Rachel Diack, Year 5/6 Teacher at Lower Moutere School in Motueka, used her Change Project to increase engagement through project-based learning and Virtual Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) Experiences. “Completing this project during the pandemic meant we weren’t able to visit places in person. Virtual EOTC experiences in lessons worked well for students in both face-to-face and online home learning environments. I focused on integrating these lessons into our topics and ensured students had the opportunity to make cultural connections and draw on their prior learning. “The feedback and advice from my Mind Lab collaborative group was invaluable, all of us coming from diverse backgrounds bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience.”

Enrich your experience

Although learning is built into the daily rhythm of teaching life, stepping outside of your own classroom and into someone else’s, as a student, can reinvigorate the energy needed to teach and lead. Use The Mind Lab’s Master of Contemporary Education to find your space to innovate, create and lead change in your classroom.

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