EDUCATION NEWS GLOBAL In line with the thoughts of


many business leaders and harking back to lessons learned from the financial crisis, Ms Farr calls for more diversity of thinking, “In banking, certainly, but in many other fields where we face factors that are unknown, we need more breadth. This must mean moving from a highly technical, data-driven approach to one that includes the ability to be more intuitive and qualitative... Diversity is vital: the critical mind, the probing, searching, restless questioning that comes with arts subjects complements that of the scientific mind’s more linear progression.” The arts, she proclaims, unlock other riches and goes on to explore the benefits of STEAM, adding, “In today’s complex world, intuition and creativity are as necessary in making good business decisions as the more logical, scientific mindset. We, therefore, need people trained in the arts, languages and humanities to give that diversity and avoid groupthink, which has led to so much poor decision-making in business in recent years.”


THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL FOCUS Ms Farr also tackles internationalism,


for all children in the future, where they find themselves at school,” she says. There are many profound


observations from this teacher, mother, daughter and education leader. Here, she addresses the critics of many schools who are simply striving for excellence, “A school should not be a pressure cooker but a laboratory in which to discover skills, explore new interests, culture values a refined personality. Making mistakes and learning from them will always be an important part of that. Especially, a school should be a place where living in community, our fundamental need to nourish and express out being in human relationships, can never be sidelined or replaced… “Above all, schools should be at


the centre of the most important debate of all: how to forge a peaceful, equitable and collaborative world in the future. A number of international schools now place the achievement of peace amongst their key educational goals... With recent, unanticipated changes in the international political landscape making it almost unrecognisable to many, there can never have been a time when this is more important today.”


something


particularly pertinent to the Relocate Global readership. Having taught herself in an international school in Hong Kong, she recognises that children educated in an international school or a school which is part of an international group, “are provided with many


opportunities for


collaboration across boundaries and find themselves exposed to different ways of thinking as a normal part of their education”. Making reference to the term


‘glocal’ – meaning local character with a global setting – Ms Farr hits upon some of the same questions to be resolved by many international HR managers, also reconciling cultural patterns with work and daily life. “To broaden cultural respect and understanding must surely be an important dimension


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Clarissa Farr is an expert in education and leadership. As High Mistress of St Paul’s Girls’ School for 11 years, she led one of the country’s top academic schools. She now works in international education. A member of the board of the African Gifted Foundation, which is transforming the lives of African girls in maths and science, Ms Farr is also a Governor of The Royal Ballet School. We look forward to introducing


Ms Farr to the Relocate Global and Think Global People community as a speaker at forthcoming events in 2019/20.


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