Empowering teachers and school leaders in a complex world
Dr Ben Knight
Complex Education
Dr Ben Knight is an academic, author, teacher, researcher and education consultant with expertise in teacher professional development, educational leadership and international partnership.
Ben is passionate about developing leadership mindsets which produce:
Skillful and motivated school leaders
Leaders undaunted by complexity
Energised and motivated teachers
Middle leaders and teachers who stick around
Ben’s approach
Central to Ben’s philosophy is the inevitability of complexity in education and the realty that teachers and leaders should embrace it, rather than run from it! Embracing and managing complexity is central to Ben’s work on nurturing professional judgement in teachers and leaders.
Ben has been a teacher educator in higher education since 2009 and before that was a teacher and a senior leader in both suburban and inner-city schools for 11 years. His research, publication and public speaking reflect his interest in educational complexity, leadership and teacher professional development at the University of ther West of Enhland, Bristol, UK. Ben is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches a variety of undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes focussing on teaching and educational leadership.
About Ben
“Individuals and organisations flourish at the sweet spots between top-down initiative and bottom-up innovation”
Contact Ben
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Email
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