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Curriculum

Curriculum Masterclass: Capabilities - why they

matter, how to embed them and how to assess

them

Professor Bill Lucas

24 October 2018

Drawing on research and practices from across the world, including research published by the
Mitchell Institute, this one-day Curriculum Masterclass will showcase the role of Capabilities in
global education including why they matter, how they can be embedded in schools and ideas
related to their assessment.

Professor Bill Lucas is the Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and Professor of
Learning at the University of Winchester in the UK. Bill is an authority on creativity, pedagogy,
parental engagement, and leadership. he travels extensively to present keynotes, most recently
in Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Melbourne, Auckland, Dubai, and
London.

In addition to his work at the University of Winchester, Bill is an international adviser to the
Mitchell Foundation in Melbourne, the chair of Eton’s research and innovation center and, with
Philip Pullman, a patron of the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. Bill has recently been appointed
to be the co-chair of the new PISA 2021 test of Creative thinking which will be based on his
acclaimed five-dimensional model for creativity. Bill is currently advising the Department of
Education in Victoria on the implementation of the ACARA capabilities curriculum.

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