How a MAGIC-T model brings soft skills to life
Establishing longer-term projects with creative practitioners from outside of your school gives students greater opportunities to build skills such as collaboration and critical thinking, says this international educator Across education there has been a dawning realisation that schools must bring out the “human competencies” – sometimes called “soft skills” – in young people. Collaboration, creativity, […]
Reimagining education in a post-Covid world
When school transformed into a laptop at the breakfast table, many of us began asking what education could – and should – be about. The Covid-19 pandemic did more than disrupt schooling; it prompted a deeper reflection on how education might better enable young people to flourish, especially during uncertain times. Some of these conversations […]
Educators as curators in the age of AI
The first time I heard school leaders talking about AI was a little over a year ago. That conversation was about this thing called ChatGPT and what they were going to do about students using it to write assignments. “Back to pens and paper” was the battle cry I heard then and have heard since. […]
Artificial intelligence: the creative edge
How should schools respond to the AI revolution in the workplace? Alex Soulsby calls for a greater focus on the arts to help students thrive by developing skills involving creativity, critical thinking, adaptability and emotional intelligence. More than 20 years ago, the educational reformist Sir Ken Robinson shone a bright and powerful light on the […]
The Case For the Arts in a Post-Covid World
So with very few international exceptions, it seems like the pandemic is over and it’s back to normal for educators. Masks gone, testing over, lock down threats a thing of the past and face- to-face learning in place for the vast majority of students and teachers. Zoom has all but been pushed to one side and for the fortunate, the main visible legacy is an ongoing battle with post lockdown waistlines, dietary habits and our relationship with the local gym.
The Chiang Mai Festival City journey
Part 1: An idea thirty years in the making… Please join hands across Chiang Mai to help the city put on an annual city-wide festival, tentatively titled Chiang Mai Festival City, with the aim of becoming one of the region’s greatest annual events held by all people of Chiang Mai for the benefit of the […]
Chiang Mai Festival City on the horizon?
This week editor Pim Kemasingki talks to Alex Soulsby, creative education specialist and founder of Prem Artist in Residency Thailand. Alex is an advocate for the importance of art and creativity in all areas of education. This week, however, we discuss Alex’s efforts in spearheading the – fingers crossed – upcoming Chiang Mai Festival initiative. […]
How to bring art into the classroom (and vice versa)
A decision to set up an artists’ residency at an international school in Thailand has fostered a spirit of collaboration and led to some ‘wonderful moments’ of creativity, says Alex Soulsby continue reading to source website…
How in-school artists helped boost creativity
Keen to embed the creative philosophies of Sir Ken Robinson, this school brought an art residency into the school, with intriguing lessons and learning outcomes Continue reading to source website
Mind blowing event!
On Wednesday 16th December Prem’s Artist Residence Thailand in partnership with Real Talk Philosophy hosted a truly mind expanding event at Food4Thought restaurant. The keynote speakers were philosopher and broadcaster Nigel Warburton (author of more than ten books, his world famous podcast ‘philosophy bites’ has been downloaded close to forty two million times) and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience […]
