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A culture of excellence: An evening with Ron Berger

Last night I had the privilege of attending the 'Evening with Ron Berger' hosted by Campsmount Academy and organised by the rather marvellous @Gwynap.  I had heard of Ron, had read tweets about his book 'An Ethic of Excellence' and was aware that he was something of a PBL guru and was looking forward to the evening immensely. I have been extremely fortunate to attend a number of events over the last few years that have featured speakers who made me think, who introduced me to new learning and teaching ideas and who have altered my practise.  They have tended to be big ideas that work, that I play with and experiment with and find a place for in the collection of strategies that I have for teaching.  I thought this would be one more big idea, one more strategy to add to the collection.  I was wrong. Ron Berger does not suggest that we all adopt a PBL strategy, or that we go for whole sale change.  His ideas are far more important than that.  He started by showing us