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The Value of Experience 經驗的價值所在

By admin | November 15, 2017 |

This week MAK has done something unprecedented in Morrison’s history: we have sent our entire secondary school on off-campus learning trips during the same week. While we have had multi-day Impact trips for each of our secondary grades for several years now, an Impact Week is a new kind of experience for our staff and…

Fostering Inspired Thinking 培育激發思考

By admin | August 21, 2017 |

This summer I read a great book by George Couros that I particularly enjoyed because it resonates with a number of the thoughts I’ve shared in this space. In the opening pages of The Innovator’s Mindset he writes: 今年夏天我讀了一本讓我特別享受在其中的好書，這本是喬治庫羅斯（George Couros）的著作。因為它與我先前在這裡分享過的文章有許多共鳴之處。在《創新者的心態》一書的前幾頁中寫道： “Inspiration is one of the chief needs of today’s students. Kids walk into schools full…

When Learning is Doing

By admin | January 10, 2017 |

Earlier this year I described the three-pronged approach that MAK has toward education: Know, Be, and Do. In the first semester this space was largely dedicated to Being at MAK; namely kindness, decision-making, and the Three Bs. For the next few entries, I’d like to focus on Doing. Action is a crucial component of learning.…