{"id":2,"date":"2012-03-12T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-02-11T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:15:09","slug":"neil-phillipson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_792\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-image-792 \" src=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Portrait-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Neil Phillipson\" width=\"127\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Portrait-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Portrait.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Neil Phillipson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Learners\u00a0is the business of <strong>Dr<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Neil Phillipson.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>After a career as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry Neil became a secondary school science teacher in 1999 and a Head of Science in Stoke-on-Trent in 2006.\u00a0 He worked as a local authority consultant in Stoke from 2009 &#8211; 2012, becoming more involved with primary education and teaching in Year 2 from 2012 &#8211; 2013 &#8211; he has some experience of teaching in all five key stages. Neil started 21st Century Learners in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the work described on the <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/\">home page<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Neil is\u00a0a facilitator of &#8216;global dialogues&#8217; with <span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"https:\/\/generation.global\/\">Generation Global<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a tutor and P4C lead at Keele and North Staffordshire Teacher Education (<span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"https:\/\/knsps.uk\/\">KNS<\/a>TE<\/strong><\/span>) and a<\/span><\/span>\u00a0hub-leader for the <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.psqm.org.uk\/\">Primary Science Quality Mark<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-990 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Book-Cover-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neil is co-author of <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dialogic-Education-Mastering-concepts-thinking\/dp\/1138656526\">this 2017 book<\/a><\/span><\/strong> on Dialogic Education, with Rupert Wegerif, now Professor of Education at Cambridge University.<\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1253 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-Book-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>He also joined with Rupert to contribute a chapter on Thinking Together to <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Deeper-Learning-Dialogic-Critical-Thinking\/dp\/0367262258\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=emmanuel+manalo&amp;qid=1576599486&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">this 2019 book<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1254 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P4C-through-sec-curric-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Neil contributed a chapter to <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Philosophy-Children-Through-Secondary-Curriculum\/dp\/1441196617\">Sapere&#8217;s 2012 book<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8216;Philosophy for Children through the Secondary Curriculum.<\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1111 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WP_20180714_12_05_12_Pro-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>You can read Neil&#8217;s 2018 article for Teaching Citizenship Magazine (Education and the Dialogue of Humanity) <strong><span style=\"color: #c4d600;\"><a style=\"color: #c4d600;\" href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturylearners.org.uk\/?p=1105\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 21st Century Learners\u00a0is the business of Dr Neil Phillipson.\u00a0 After a career as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry Neil became a secondary school science teacher in 1999 and a Head of Science in Stoke-on-Trent in 2006.\u00a0 He worked as a local authority consultant in Stoke from 2009 &#8211; 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