"There is a three-letter word which I cherish in the education process, but is rarely expressed, and that is... "joy"... I consider that education is a joyous, fulfilling activity, and this dimension of joyous engagement should be more emphasised." (Professor Emeritus John Coolahan)

What if… “joy” and “fun” led innovation in teaching and learning?

Individual Paper abstract titled Co-constructing preferred scenarios for the future of teaching: What if… we used the future to change the present in education?, for the 2025 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference - New Connections and Directions for Educational Research - has been accepted without revision. 

Check out the podcast I recorded with Drew Janetzki for the NSW Primary Principal’s Association Building Schools for Tomorrow: Future-Focused Leadership with Dr Jason McGrath .

In this post:

• Why is creating space to collaboratively think about the longer term future valuable?

• How can a focus on the future impact on decision making in the present?

• How can we find the future in the present to exemplify transformations that are possible?

• What if we moved away from a traditional linear model of policy making?