Why is there a stultifying dread of meaningful change and innovation in Scottish education?
Don Ledingham, executive director of services for people at East Lothian Council and director of education and children’s services at Midlothian Council, offered his perspective at the recent conference of SELMAS, the Scottish Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society.
The theme of the conference was: Up-front and visible educational leadership, challenging the Scottish psyche.
Mr Ledingham is an “up-front” educational leader. For him, innovation is the successful exploitation of ideas, generated at the intersection of invention and insight, which lead to the creation of public, social or economic value. The definition may be debatable but his proposals for supporting innovation gained an echo from his entire audience.
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