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Mar 14, 2017
A day in the life – Shadow a Student Challenge
As part of the international Shadow a Student Challenge, last year I blogged about my experience of shadowing a grade 9 student, Grace,...
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Nov 23, 2016
How do you learn to cook?
I recently attended the ECIS (Educational Collaborative for International Schools) Educators Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the...
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arniebieber
Aug 18, 2016
You can’t teach people everything they need to know.
As the school year begins, it is fitting and timely to call attention to an educational visionary and provocative thinker who...
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arniebieber
Jun 4, 2016
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
Sting like a bee Float like a butterfly The world has lost a great man, a fighter whose life optimized audacity and courage, not only...
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arniebieber
Jun 1, 2016
Where is my home?
As is the tradition in countless schools and universities around the world, ISP recently convened its graduation ceremony for the class...
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arniebieber
Apr 29, 2016
The Nature of Nurture
I was recently invited to write an article for the RSA Journal on the topic of school change, innovation and creativity. The resulting...
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arniebieber
Mar 11, 2016
“The Shadow Knows”… a day in the life of a student
As Director of the International School of Prague (ISP), I like to believe that I work hard every day, but yesterday I gained a new...
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arniebieber
Nov 25, 2015
Knowledge isn’t Power
In order to include parents in crucial conversations about how schools are changing to meet the needs of today’s student, the...
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arniebieber
Aug 5, 2015
What it means to be truly educated
http://www.edutopia.org/ Photo credit: Thinkstock This past week, we at the International School of Prague once again began the new...
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arniebieber
Jun 27, 2015
Designing spaces for learning: 10 questions to STOP asking and 10 questions to START asking for choi
Compelling thoughts about designing contemporary learning environments. culture | learning | design The 2005 research showed low quality,...
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arniebieber
Jun 17, 2015
The Joy of Learning
Joy of Learning http://www.reflectionsnurseries.co.uk Each year at the International School of Prague, we hold a “Middle School...
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arniebieber
Jun 8, 2015
The Fourth “I”
ISP Graduation, Palac Zofin, Prague Each year, at graduation time we ask ourselves, “How well have we prepared our students for the...
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arniebieber
May 28, 2015
Guiding Light Lost – Grant Wiggins
Grant Wiggins I was saddened to learn that a great leading light in the world of progressive education had passed away, Grant Wiggins....
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arniebieber
Mar 6, 2015
To boldly go…
Leonard Nimoy as Spock The great Leonard Nimoy, known to most as the logical Vulcan, Mr. Spock, sadly passed away recently at the age of...
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arniebieber
Jan 20, 2015
Practice Compassion!
Teaching students to develop values such as compassion and respect through service learning was the topic of the latest parent workshop...
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arniebieber
Dec 3, 2014
I do and I understand
Lau Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher is to have said: “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” The concept...
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arniebieber
Sep 24, 2014
Mind the Gap!
What are the latest trends in the world of education? Throughout the school year at the International School of Prague, a parent focus...
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arniebieber
Aug 25, 2014
Learning to fish – 学习怎么捕鱼
授人以鱼不如授人以渔 Almost 100 years ago, the great American progressive educator, John Dewey said: Only in education, never in the life of...
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arniebieber
Jun 19, 2014
Why we come to school everyday? a student perspective
During a recent grade 8 graduation ceremony at the International School of Prague, I was struck by a speech given by one of our grade 8...
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arniebieber
Feb 14, 2014
The Future Is Now
In schools these days, we often talk about preparing students for the future. That the future is now, was reconfirmed for me once again,...
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