“Each of us has some genius to bring to life and each life is a meaningful story trying to unfold from within.” – Michael Meade, ‘The Genius Myth’ Michael Meade is spot on. The veteran cultural anthropologist and author shows in myriad ways in his 2016 book, The Genius Myth how our birthright is […]
Below is an excerpt from a book chapter I’ve submitted for ‘Implementing Transformative Student-Centred Pedagogies’ (slated for pub later this year). While the writing is focused on post-secondary education, the guidance is equally applicable to K-12 and Adult Ed. – mm Covid-19 & Personalized Learning: Beginning in spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted higher education […]
The link below will connect to a paper of mine recently published in the Holistic Education Review, Fall 2021 issue. The paper, Evaluating Personal Ecolography surveying to help personalize learning – is based on a 2020 – 2021 MITACS-sponsored research project I completed. This research was helped along by 18 participants – all professional, practising […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: I’m leading a 4-part Pro-D certificate course for Educators, Caregivers, Counsellors and others, through the Trasnformative Learning Foundation, starting next Thursday Sept. 17th. See more details here: Learning Your Way Pro-D course with Michael Maser “The brain develops throughout life, following a trajectory that is broadly consistent for humans but it is also individualized […]
We live in a remarkably exciting time, when leading scientific research has verified the existence of Neuroplasticity, identified as a natural potential for our neurological or mental lives to change over time, and lifelong. This is a breakthrough because until recently it was believed that our neurology – our brains – were ‘hard-wired’ by the […]
Last August I wrote that Personalized Learning was a “rising tide” in North American schools and districts. Specifically, I said that, thanks to new insights from science and psychology and new trends in IT and social media – all of which were starting to coalesce in K-12 education, “the Genie” was out of the bottle,” […]
Students returning to classes in coming weeks may well experience more Personalized Learning opportunities than ever before in what has blossomed into one of the most important new education trends. In schools across North America, from Kindergarten through post-secondary, educators are re-vamping their approaches to better meet students ‘where they’re at’ in their learning needs […]
This past week Canadians celebrated and recognized their top musicians at the annual Juno awards ceremony. The talents of the artists and performers, from Justin Bieber to ‘The Weeknd’ to Alessia Cara was extraordinary, as it is every year. Last month we celebrated film achievements with the Academy Awards, in February it was the US […]
Unless you’ve taken up residence in a cave or hermitage, it’s hard to escape a message these days that the future will be, and is being shaped by Big Data. Where yesterday’s data – let’s call it Little Data – was based on sample sizes easily grokked by the average citizen (of n = 1,000 […]
It’s amazing what a good look in the mirror and a fresh coat of paint can do to revive almost-forgotten projects. On January 29th, the BC Ministry of Education convened a remarkable forum at the Wosk Centre with headline speakers and a gallery of people from business, educational and social interests. The forum was staged […]
Michael’s book, Learn Your Way! SelfDesigning the Life You Really Want, Starting Now is an ERAC-approved middle and high school textbook for career planning and health education courses (British Columbia), and it has received many endorsements. Contact Michael directly to obtain a pdf copy of the book.
