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Student Engagement - what is 'Teacherly Authority' in the modern world?
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Here is What We Will Cover
Teacherly authority’ and student engagement
Recapping the connection between measured levels of student engagement and ‘teacherly authority’ as a key determinant.
Some thoughts on wisdom and ‘teacherly authority’
Exploring the nature of wisdom and how the wiser we are the more ‘teacherly authority’ we can command.
What is ‘teacherly authority’?
Exploring what we mean by the term ‘teacherly authority’, and noting that the “teacher” in this term has not necessarily always been a teacher in the past.
Wisdom and twenty-first century skills
Exploring the connection between elements that lead to developing wisdom and the core twenty-first century skills: critical thinking, collaboration and creativity.
The reasons ‘teacherly authority’ is seemingly more important today
‘Teacherly authority’ has always been important in developing young people, so we will explore why it is becoming a decisive factor in schools today.
Reaffirming the role ‘teacherly authority’ plays in modern teaching practice
Teachers with high levels of ‘teacherly authority’ achieve high levels of student engagement both with the curriculum they are teaching and with core twenty-first century skills.
About John Corrigan
John Corrigan is the founder of Group 8 Education and works with schools to establish the conditions for twenty-first-century learning. He coaches and trains individuals and teams in how to bring their whole of mind to their day-to-day work, to increase their own effectiveness and that of others. This is his passion.
His 40-year interest in education and learning began as a mathematics undergraduate at Cambridge University, and continued over the years as he gained fluency in several languages.
Leadership experience through multiple careers led to an MBA and work in strategy consulting and corporate planning. While running a professional services firm, John focused on the provision of higher value activities and behaviours to increase the firm’s value. He now applies a similar strategy to the education sector to increase value for all stakeholders.
John was born in Manchester and moved to Australia in 1995.
