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Covid-19: responses, change and new challenges
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Welcome to the EIM Global podcast, the place where we speak to experts in the education sector so we understand more about how we can develop ourselves in everything we do.
This episode is a conversation with Dr Gerard Calnin. Dr Calnin is currently a school practitioner, Fellow at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) as well as working with Cambridge University. Before that he was a senior research fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of education.
Dr Calnin has a rich background in education spanning many decades. During this time he's been a classroom teacher, school leader, policy adviser to governments and systems of schools as well as a researcher.
In this wide-ranging episode we talk about the nuances of change leadership as well as responses and challenges posed to schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Calnin talks about the future of education, both opportunities and challenges.
So, for all that and more let’s jump into this wide-ranging episode with Dr Gerard Calnin.
Episode timestamps:
1:45 – Gerard's career from teacher to academia
6:00 – Principles of leadership needing to be sensitive to different cultural settings
11:00 – The importance of understanding context when leading in international settings
14:30 – How different aspects of good leadership practice had to be emphasised during the pandemic
22:56 – Advice for leaders wanting to distribute leadership further
25:30 – How might the pandemic response influence and affect schools going forward
31:30 – The changing (possibly diminishing?) role of international mindedness
38:10 – Gerard’s thoughts on the potential for technology to change the teaching and learning paradigm
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