Imagine for a second that you have a magic wand to change the way we educate on this planet. What would you change? If asked differently: What would your education utopia look like?

If I ask my clients what frustrates them about our current education system, the answer is usually:

“Omg, Neža, how much time do you have for me to answer this question? I mean,

*I’d talk about how difficult is to get students really engaged, not just sitting there, absent, uninterested, waiting to be entertained almost,

*how crushing it is to see so many great educators get bogged down by the admin side of the job that is there to please some weird administrative God that never reads the reports anyway,

*how I’d love to see more dialogue about education as a form of leadership,

*how I'd love to have more fun doing the job I started out of love for learning and with the idea to empower young people to be curious about the world, experiment and dare to be critical.

*I want to be able to prepare my students and trainees for the world and not keep on creating learning bubbles that are completely disconnected from reality.”

And then I thought to myself: , yes!

Let’s highlight the amazing initiatives that are already taking place and reshaping education systems from within. Let's make space for ideas that are sparking change from the outside. Let’s explore what you can already do today in your classroom or training.

Hi, I’m Neža Krek, a language teacher turned eduprepeur on a mission to contribute to innovation in adult education and support teachers who believe the way we teach and learn has the power to carve a better future. I'm also a Slovenian living in the Netherlands, a mom of three little boys with enough energy to move mountains, a partner to a fun Dutch guy, and a relentless optimist who sees opportunities for growth in pretty much everything. Yup, that would be me in a nutshell.

In this bi-weekly podcast, I sit down, … or sometimes dance… , with daring, smart, fun educators who are already shaking the ways we educate and learn. Be it because of WHAT they teach or the WAY they do so.

I will add my thoughts as a learning experience designer, a diehard facilitator, and a language teacher who stepped out of the system to create her own version of what I’d like to see in the world of adult learning. My clients say my training practice is a place where they can simply be. Where curiosity, discovery and imperfection are encouraged, where having fun while learning is a thing.

With my work, I want to contribute to a world, where students are welcomed the way they are, a world where teachers are valued as the difference-makers they are, and a world where diversity is embraced and built upon.

The "Fresh Forward" podcast hopes to bring you a taste of that world and hopefully inspire you to create your own "edutopia" in the classes you host.

The podcast will go live Wednesday, August 24th 2022. Hit follow to get free access to the first episode as soon as it goes live.

And pssst - do you want to be a part of a launch party with special goodies?

Then go to NezaKrek.com/newsletter and join the Fresh Forward community.

Have fun till August 24th. I'll be training university teachers in facilitation in the meantime. What about you?

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