WE1010th Annual Conference

Main Conference Day 1 29th January 2020

Session 1 “The difference a whole education made for me” Whole Education school alumni

Session 2 3 provocations on the future that school leaders need to be aware of

Session 3 Extended, exploratory sessionsHear from leading experts and share your professional expertise

Session 4Big Debate - 2020 Vision; Looking back to look forwardHow well prepared is the English education system to respond to these challenges? Helping school leaders plot the way ahead for the next ten years and beyond.

Session 5 Into action: what are some approaches leaders are using in order to deliver a future-focused, whole education?

Session 6 What I’ve seen and heard, and what schools can do next - Ron Berger

Rose Luckin on artificial intelligence and its impact on schools

Lynda Gratton on the future of work and need for lifelong learning

Yuli Tamir on the changing nature of education and society

For the future of life, we're going to need to be...

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For the future of work, we're going to need to be...

Miho Taguma on the OECD 2030 work*

Rose Luckin on teaching in the future

Karen Edge on leadership, culture & people

Guy Claxton on Building Learning Power

The main day of our annual conference will challenge your thinking and understanding about what the next ten years will hold. WE will be investigating how we can prepare ourselves, our schools, our students and our communities for the challenges and opportunities to come.

Masterclasses Day 230th January 2020

Masterclass 1 Ron Berger masterclassTwo hours of in-depth thinking and workshops with Ron Berger, looking at practical steps schools can take to deliver a whole education in every lesson, every day.

Breakouts 1 School breakouts: hear from schools on effectively delivering an expeditionary learning influenced education in England

School 1 School 2 School 3 School 4

Masterclass 2 Mary Myatt masterclassTwo hours of in-depth workshopping with Mary Myatt, looking at how we can design and implement a coherent curriculum that develops knowledge, skills and qualities

Breakouts 2 School breakouts: hear from schools who have developed coherent curriculums that align curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment.

School 1 School 2 School 3 School 4

This day of masterclasses will help your team to develop a deep expertise in delivering a whole education. In-depth masterclasses from Ron Berger and Mary Myatt will give you space and time to develop practical solutions for your context. Innovative schools will highlight their stand out practice.

Ron Berger returns! Whole Education’s most popular ever keynote speaker, Ron is responsible for all aspects of Expeditionary Learning’s professional development

Lynda Gratton is a global authority on the future of work and lifelong learning. She was ranked in the top 15 on The Thinkers50 2013 list of the world’s top business thinkers, and was described by the FT as the management guru most likely to impact on the future.

Rose Luckin is an international expert on artificial intelligence in education. She appeared in the Sunday Times 2017 Seldon List of the 20 most influential people in education

Mary Myatt is an education adviser, writer and speaker. Her years as a teacher, advisor and Ofsted lead inspector give her a unique insight into what quality teaching looks like.

Yuli Tamir is a founder of the Israeli peace movement, a former Labor Party member of the Knesset, and formerly served as Israel’s minister of education and minister of immigration absorption. She is the author of Liberal Nationalism and Why Nationalism.

Kevan Collins is an advocate for educational research in schools and is committed to narrowing the gap. The founding Chief Executive of the EEF until 2019, he has spent 30 years working in the public sector.

Guy Claxton is a friend of Whole Education and has spoken at a number of our conferences. Originator of the learning power approach, Guy is one of the UK’s leading experts on the development of young people’s learning capacities.

Becky Francis is the new chief executive of the EEF. She holds much experience in education research and a deep-rooted dedication to tackling inequality and low social mobility.

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