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The most dangerous kind of silence in schools isn't from students… it's from the leaders.
I've spent the best part of three decades working in IB schools, holding a variety of roles, coaching, leading, redesigning curriculum...
Vanessa Keenan
May 261 min read
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Beautiful Questions!
I have always had a fascination with questions. What makes a good question? How to know what question to ask? What can questions unlock?...
Vanessa Keenan
Mar 222 min read
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Silence in IB Education Part 3
Silence is a highly complex and multi layered concept understood differently within academic disciplines. It seems to me to be a perfect...
Vanessa Keenan
Feb 282 min read
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Silence in IB schools Part 2
Challenging Silences That IB Leaders Face Silence can be a powerful tool for intentional leadership. But we also must understand IB...
Vanessa Keenan
Feb 82 min read
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Silence in IB schools Part 1
My doctoral research is around the role of silence in how leaders experience an IB education system. In IB schools, where education is a...
Vanessa Keenan
Jan 192 min read
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Reflecting on the PYP Coordinator Role
Our school recently moved to a multi campus facility offering the PYP. Although only a 5 minute drive at times it would seem eons apart....
Vanessa Keenan
May 23, 20213 min read
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Student Agency and the Central Idea
Check out my article in International School Magazine https://issuu.com/williamclarence/docs/is_nov20 page 28 and 29
Vanessa Keenan
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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Education 50 years from now
I was ask ed to join a small team by the principal to come up with some ideas for a 50 year plan for the UAE ministry of education. They...
Vanessa Keenan
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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Keeping Promises
I am about to embark on a doctoral degree with the University of Bath and it is time to keep a promise to myself. I talk about reflective...
Vanessa Keenan
Jun 17, 20201 min read
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Vanessa Keenan
Jul 16, 20190 min read
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Morning meetings in a PYP classroom
Our IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) school has been implementing Responsive Classroom practices for the last two years, including...
Vanessa Keenan
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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