Leading, teaching and learning
What should be at the heart of global learning Navigating an uncertain landscape with certainty By Rob Ford
30 | International School | Summer 2021
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am determined not to mention the ‘C’ word when we are all looking forward to the future with the need for hope in the 2020s. Though we cannot pretend that the impact and legacy of the pandemic in 2020-21, where schools are concerned, hasn’t changed the face of education around the world, we should also not see it as a paradigm shift in education separate from what is already underway. It may well have accelerated seismic shifts already happening in technology, learning and classrooms across the world. Whatever happens as the next stage of the pandemic and uncertainty continues, we will still be looking at innovative ways to support young people in making sense of the
world, to professionally develop educators and school leaders, and to continue to connect classrooms, communities and cultures worldwide. The narrative in education is always about optimism and hope, but it is even more so in the current times. The role of education and educators has always been to offer alternative narratives and to draw upon history and examples so that the future never looks bleak, or cast in a certain way. We can find our hope in education through looking at the development of more sophisticated global learning to provide a brighter light for our schools and communities in the darkness of a complex educational landscape.
