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Stephen Downes

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The Australian government's report, mentioned yesterday, on fostering innovation in schools. Of the four major findings, three are obvious (you should use data, you should foster innovation, you should follow best practices). The key finding is that "schools need to internalise powerful approaches to professional learning and staff development..." This, it turns out, is the "removal of restraints" to innovation mentioned yesterday. PDF file, in chunks, 88K for the contents and summary. By Peter Cuttance, Commonwealth of Australia, 2001.

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