'It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change’ (Charles Darwin).

The Challenge Day took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on Tuesday 23 August 2011.  The event provided an opportunity to generate creative thinking and share inspiring approaches to meet the demands of the changing education landscape.

This was an exciting and dynamic day: a challenge for all involved.

The structure of the day was influenced by the ethos and principles of cooperative learning.  This successful learning and teaching strategy encourages small teams to engage in a variety of learning activities to challenge their thinking and improve their understanding of a subject.  Groups then have to complete a task and present their own creative ideas.

Key Speaker - Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson, Founder of Wildhearts in Action talking about why the current culture in Scotland needs to be reinvigorated and how Enterprising teaching and thinking are the key to reinvigorating not just our culture but also our economy.

Over 120 delegates from 19 colleges participated in the event: the day was a resounding success.  Comments we received include:

‘Entertaining, positive, insightful’

‘Made me feel optimistic and happy to be in education’

‘Fantastic ideas to shake up the curriculum and push boundaries’

‘Loved the enthusiasm’

‘Interesting information with something new to build on’

‘Enjoyable and thought provoking.  Wish we had more time’

‘Very informative and helpful’

‘Interesting and fun’

‘Really enjoyable would like to know more’

‘Practical, fun, lots of applications’

‘Inspired some new ideas and teambuilding for students’

‘Shows how everyone can be involved in the learner experience so they can take responsibility.  Excellent!’

‘Like the approach … lots of ideas’

‘Interesting to see how technology can be used’

‘Opportunity to take thinking back to college to integrate into courses’

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