Top Reads: Can we learn from a TV show that sends young people out alone?
This fortnight's top reads from the team at ISV.
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Every fortnight, ISV's Innovation & Learning Leaders share their top reads for teachers and educators.
1. Can we learn from a TV show that sends young people out alone?
Audiences around the world have been charmed – but occasionally horrified – by the hit Netflix show, Old Enough. In this show from Japan, parents send children as young as two years old to complete various errands outside the home. We may all have something to learn from this approach to interdependence.
2. A wellbeing approach that makes a meaningful difference
A recent survey found that while Australian students report improved mental wellbeing and less loneliness, more than 50% consider their school’s wellbeing programs ineffective. Visible Wellbeing aims to address the shortfalls that many existing programs experience.
3. How to have an innovative idea: Three simple steps
‘Quick: come up with an innovative idea!’ If you’re anything like the thousands of people Jeremy Utley has coached in the last 15 years, panic alarms just went off. But the creative process is hardly a mystery – in fact, it can be broken down into three simple steps.
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