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Drifting Clouds

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  Drifting Clouds between Hong Kong and Guangzhou When I was suspended in that atmospheric corridor between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, I was struck by how the sky felt like a turbulent yet tender expanse. I wanted my watercolour strokes to blend and blur on the paper, mimicking the ever-shifting weather patterns of the region. That is of moisture-laden clouds dissolve effortlessly into brilliant, open patches of blue. For me, this piece is an impressionistic echo of that flight. I was trying to capture that fleeting, weightless moment of looking out into a vast horizon, right when the heavens feel both endlessly deep and close enough to touch. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via  Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art .  Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private FB hub:  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18ythpSXPZ/ You can subscribe to m...
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Reform failure & Classrooms

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Reform Failure & Classroom: The Matrix

‘... it is more difficult to find evidence that classrooms have improved or even fundamentally changed as a result of the many reform initiatives; and indeed the persistent failure of educational change is a common theme in the literature (Sarason 1990, Fullan 1993, Cuban 1998, Spillane 1999) (Wallace 2011).




You take the blue pill, the story ends. You stay the same apathetic you
You take the red pill, the story begins. You transform with stimulation


Blue pill: 7 Stages of Change Inertia       Red pill: 7 Stages of Change Behaviour


  1. I don’t know: Ignorance
  2. I don’t want to know: Rejection
  3. I can’t: Inability
  4. It won’t work: Pessimism
  5. It’s too hard: Complication
  6. I couldn’t be bothered: Apathy
  7. I’ll get them back: Undermine


  1. I know I should: Knowledge
  2. I want to: Desire
  3. I can: Skills
  4. It’s worthwhile: Optimism
  5. It’s easy: Facilitation
  6. I’m joining in: Stimulation
  7. Well done: Reinforcement
(Robinson 1998)




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