With mindful teaching,
we can rediscover the grandeur of education.

One of the Education Sector’s Most Inspirational Speakers

Dennis Shirley is a scholar of educational change who helps schools around the world to improve teaching and learning. A dynamic keynote speaker, Dennis is best known for his skills in assisting educators in diverse environments to work together across disciplines and schools. He draws upon his extensive international experience to enable educators in any context to develop new practices using the most advanced research findings on school improvement.

Publications

Change Leader/Speaker/Author

Dennis is the inaugural Florencia and Marc Gabelli Family Faculty Fellow and Professor of Formative Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  His best selling books have been translated into many languages and are used around the world for staff development. He has a doctorate from Harvard University.


Events

Oct 21
IMTEC
Norway and Italy

Latest Posts

Norway seems like educational heaven: emphasis on inclusion; schools free to innovate; teachers study for masters degrees; municipalities coordinate cooperation between schools/communities. Thinking about England, where did we go wrong ? @bphillipsonMP @EduFabians @HargreavesBC

Check out: Outdoor play and learning in elementary schools: A critical participatory action research project @Roomtoplay @UBCEducation @mbrussoni @EEPSA @AcfeCate @tristateach @ChristineYH @HarperKeenan @ivywaite @ICER_UBCO

To all Spanish language followers, my book with @dennisshirley on Well-being in Schools (Bienestar en la Escuela) is now available en Espanol with @EdicionesMorata https://edmorata.es/libros/bienestar-en-la-escuela/ @ASCD @CeciliaAzorin @PauloCosin @SRinconGallardo @fundacionchile @planceibal

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