Ann Briggs

LEADING LIGHTS Author

ANN BRIGGS is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at Newcastle University, UK. After 35 years of working in schools, colleges and universities, mainly in the UK, she is now resident in New Zealand. She has been NZEALS National Secretary since 2010.

Leading Lights Articles by Ann Briggs

Critical thinking vs fake news

Featured in Issue 1 | 2020

I was reading an article in the UK Guardian recently, which addresses an urgent need in today’s society: teaching children how to think critically and to distinguish information from misinformation, lies and gossip.

NZEALS 2020 pick-and-mix

Featured in Issue 1 | 2020

With thirty-three leadership korero sessions in addition to the four keynote presentations, there is a great choice of brain-food over the three days of the conference. Taking a random dip into each day’s programme, here are just a few of the topics on our ‘menu’.