Making “holistic education” meaningful and real — Professor Phillipa Cordingley and Bart Crisp
How does clarifying exactly what we mean by “holistic education” help us build a shared understanding of how we go about serving the needs of ALL our learners, and help us add value?
In this session you will pool your thoughts and experiences of holistic education with colleagues, and build on CUREE’s expertise in and tools for gathering evidence, to help you to a) add value in your schools, and b) make sure holistic education is set up to help everyone thrive. While the inherent value of holistic education is becoming more widely appreciated, questions remain about what exactly teachers and school leaders can and should be doing to ensure it is implemented effectively. Self-evidently key is enhancing holistic education without punishment from accountability-oriented systems. In this session we will use focus group tools, which can be applied in your schools, to clarify your own thoughts and experiences, and access those of your peers.
About the speakers
Professor Philippa Cordingley is Chief Executive of CUREE and a leading expert in evidence-informed education. She has led extensive research on the leadership of continuing professional development and learning and of the pedagogy, curriculum, and leadership of schools serving vulnerable communities – with a particular emphasis on the way professional and stakeholder partnerships contribute to holistic education. Philippa is known for developing rigorous yet accessible approaches to research and evaluation in schools, for founding the growth of teacher-informed professionalism.
Bart Crisp is an Associate Director of CUREE and a Consultant in Professional Learning. He was prevously Director of Research and Impact, when he led on communicating research findings into manageable formats for implementation at class level. Bart has worked on a number of research and professional development projects, including the Closing the Gap RCT as well as training in two interventions trialled through this project, several internal research evaluations for the education charity Teach First, creation of a number of CUREE’s Research Route Map evidence-based CPD tools, and the Leadership module of The British Council’s international Core Skills training Programme. He has far more hobbies than he knows what to do with, but is particularly passionate about fellwalking and tabletop gaming.
