Patrick Alexander and Jacques-Olivier Perche Robert Smithson, Rocks and Mirror Square II (1971) Is professional development actually developing teachers, or is it quietly grinding teachers down? In the contemporary educational landscape, professional development presents itself as both a moral obligation and a professional necessity. Teachers are told that effectiveness must be constantly demonstrated, that improvementContinue reading “Why Professional Development Is Failing Teachers and What It Erases”
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Do Teachers Dream of Electric Sheep?
Artificial Intelligence and the Intellectual Wellbeing of Teachers Professor Patrick Alexander Jacques-Olivier Perche Back in February 2024 we shared our most recent thinking on the concept of intellectual wellbeing, or noetic syntonia. Around the same time, we were reflecting on the role that generative artificial intelligence has held in learning landscapes over the last year or so. InContinue reading “Do Teachers Dream of Electric Sheep?”
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