How we think. How we work. Why we work this way. Insight is ISTA's own editorial voice — a space for the pedagogical frameworks, reflective writing, and considered perspectives that shape everything we do. If you want to understand the thinking behind ISTA's practice, this is where it lives.
ISTA Executive Director Mike Bindon reflects on community feedback, organisational improvements and new global learning opportunities shaping the year ahead.
As AI reshapes arts education, ISTA is championing human-centred practice that strengthens the focus, judgement, collaboration and creative responsibility young artists need to make meaningful work.
Most concept-based professional learning was built around the Structure of Knowledge — understanding extracted from texts and analysis. But theatre teaching lives in the Structure of Process. Michael Bindon on why the framework never quite fit, and what changes when you find the language that does.
| By Mike Bindon |
One of the most persistent assumptions in international schools is that Group 6 in the IB Diploma Programme must be presented to students as an optional subject group.
In reality, it does not.
The IB framework allows schools significant flexibility in how the arts are positioned within...
| By Mike Bindon |
The year has begun with multiple international news stories about politicians, government officials, and public figures being “caught” using artificial intelligence.
I find that language fascinating.Not because AI use is surprising, it isn’t, but because of what the phrase “caught using” actually implies. It suggests...
| By Mike Bindon |
Across the world, the arts continue to transform lives, fostering creative expression, intercultural understanding, and a vital sense of belonging for young people. Yet in many international education contexts, including the International Baccalaureate’s Diploma Programme (DP), the arts remain on the periphery—optional, undervalued, and under...
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