Keynote speakers 2006
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves is the Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Before this he was the founder and co-director of the International Centre for Educational Change at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto). Until he moved to North America in 1987, Andy taught at primary school and lectured in several English universities, including Oxford. Andy has held visiting professorships and fellowships in England, Australia, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Hong Kong and Japan.
Andy Hargreaves' work has been translated extensively into more than a dozen languages. Professor Hargreaves' current research interests include the emotions of teaching and leading and the sustainability of educational change and leadership.
Seminar: Success and Sustainability: By, With and Across Our Schools on Wednesday 10:30.
Lady Marie Stubbs
In 1995 St. George's Roman Catholic Secondary School in Maida Vale became notorious when its headmaster, Philip Lawrence, was murdered just outside the school gates. After the tragedy, standards plummeted as the school spiralled further into chaos and was placed on 'Special Measures' by Ofsted. In March 2000 it was facing permanent closure when Marie Stubbs was persuaded out of retirement to lead the task force given just four terms to turn the school around.
In her book 'Ahead of the Class', Marie Stubbs gives an absorbing day-to-day account of how the task force brought about dramatic change at St. George's. In little over a year, the combined effort of staff, students and parents transformed it, from a failing institution that had been written off, into a well-run, effective school that Ofsted praised as a national example of good practice. She worked quickly to create an environment in which the children felt valued.
School buildings were rejuvenated, playground facilities improved, and breakfast and after-school clubs arranged.
Seminar: Every Child Matters – How does the Teacher Ensure that this Happens? on Wednesday 12:15.
Peter Peacock MSP - Minister for Education and Young People
Before being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Mr Peacock was a councillor with Highland Council (formerly Highland Regional Council) from 1982. He was council leader between 1995 and 1999. He was educated at Hawick High School and gained a diploma in Youth Work and Community Service at Jordanhill College in Glasgow. He has been a community worker, area officer of the Citizens Advice Bureaux and a self-employed consultant. He is a member of the Scottish National Heritage, the Post Office Board for Scotland, European Committee of the Regions and the Council of Europe - Local Authority Chamber.
Seminar: Ministerial Address and Everything is Miscellaneous on Wednesday 14.15.
David Weinberger
David Weinberger, PhD is a co-author of the bestselling book, 'The Cluetrain Manifesto' and the author of 'Small Pieces Loosely Joined'. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including 'Wired', 'The New York Times', 'Harvard Business Review', and many others. He is a commentator on National Public Radio, and a columnist for KMWorld and II Sole 24 Ore. He is a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Institute for Internet and Society. He is working on a book called 'Everything is Miscellaneous' (Times Books, winter 2007). He has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Toronto.
Seminar: Everything is Miscellaneous on Wednesday 14:15 following the Ministerial Address.
Terry Dozier
Dr. Terry Dozier is the Director of the Centre for Teacher Leadership (CTL) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Education where she also serves as National Teacher in Residence and Associate Professor in the School of Education. The Centre for Teacher Leadership works with accomplished teachers throughout Virginia and the United States to: promote the concept of teachers as leaders of change; develop more effective teacher leaders through access to information and high-quality training; and share the knowledge, experience, and insight of teachers with policy makers and others.
Prior to joining VCU, Terry served as Senior Adviser on Teaching to former US Secretary of Education, Richard W Riley. In this capacity she served as the Clinton Administration's top policy advisor on all teaching issues. Terry also led the Department's teaching initiative with primary responsibility for the development and implementation of a strategic plan to improve teacher recruitment, preparation, and ongoing professional development, including overall leadership in research, evaluation, and data collection on teacher quality.
Seminar: Turning Good Teachers into Great Leaders on Thursday 11:30.
Dr. Edward de Bono
Dr. Edward de Bono is widely regarded as the world's leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He has authored over 60 books translated into 35 languages on the topic of thinking. His sessions, invariably sellouts, are sought after by business, government and education globally.
Edward de Bono was born in Malta and graduated from the University of Malta. He proceeded as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford, where he earned his MD, and two PhDs. He has held faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London and Harvard. He is the originator of the term 'Lateral Thinking', which has an official entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, and the extremely popular 'Six thinking Hats' concept. Dr. de Bono has made two TV series: 'de Bono's Thinking Course' for the BBC, and 'The Greatest Thinkers' for WDR, Germany.
Peter Ueberroth, who organised the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and for the first time ever turned a profit, attributed his success to the use of de Bono's Lateral Thinking tools. So did John Bertrand, skipper of the successful challenge for the America's Cup. Ron Barbaro, past president of Prudential Insurance (USA) also attributed his invention of the 'living needs benefits' package, which revolutionised the insurance industry, to the power of the de Bono tools..
Seminar: The Powerful Effects of Teaching Thinking Explicitly as a Skill on Thursday 14:45.