50. Ben Walker - Head of CAS and English / TOK Teacher - Hong Kong

In this episode, I’m speaking to Ben Walker. Ben is an English and TOK teacher here in Hong Kong as well as the current CAS coordinator. Next year he will be taking up the Head of Secondary English role at his current school.We discuss:1. The best book he’s ever read, taught or been taught2. The advantages and disadvantages of running the 5 year MYP course all the way up to the DP3. His perspective on inquiry and authentic assessment and whether they look different in Year 7 v.s. Year 11 4. How much Ben’s current school implement the element of service within the curriculum and the directions he’s considering moving forward5. The feasibility of CAS playing a part in the academic curriculum6. And finally, a somewhat insular one but HK v.s. Singapore. What's the difference and what's Ben’s advice if considering a move from one to the otherThanks again to Ben for his eloquence and insights across the CAS and English curriculum. If you want to be kept up to date on when educational chat like this happens, then be sure to subscribe to the podcast and/or follow me on Twitter @chrisjordanhkLinks:Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelGo Went Gone by Jenny ErpenbeckAt Night All Blood is Black by David DiopBlack Boy by Richard WrightThe Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa