Disrupting Colonial Mindsets: The Power of Learning Networks

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Disrupting Colonial Mindsets: The Power of Learning Networks
Catherine McGregor, In Education.
This paper offers an example of "how one particular teacher-learning network—the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network (AESN) in British Columbia, Canada, offers a powerful example of how teacher learning networks can enable deep and transformational change among participating teachers and leaders." It merges the concept of the community of practice with the need for non-hierarchal and inclusive leadership. More...