Human Technologies Blog

Apr 22
2025

Year 11 Students Complete their HT Journey

Year 11 students have completed their journey in Human Technologies.

Mar 31
2025

Curriculum Mapping

Imagine that you have 5 years to work with a group of students, in order to help them really grasp “the art and craft of being human”.

Mar 17
2025

The 5+1 Model and Human Technologies. Why should we “care”?

In March, I had the pleasure of leading a guest lecture at the Hong Kong Education University, where I shared ICHK’s journey and experience of enacting our 5+1 model, how it connects to Human Technologies (HT) at the school, and together, help us place student wellbeing at the centre of what we do.

Mar 10
2025

Technologies for a Sustainable Future - HT Panel Discussion

This week was an exciting milestone for the HT department as we hosted our very first panel discussion for the Year 11 unit, "Technologies for a Sustainable Future."

Feb 19
2025

The Connected Human: Why No One Truly Stands Alone

British paediatrician and psychoanalyst DW Winnicott famously suggested that there is no such thing as a human baby.

Feb 19
2025

The Dialectics of Exploration

We live in two worlds. The outer “empirical” world, which we share with all the other living creatures of Planet Earth, including other humans; and the inner “psychological” world of our own impressions and imaginings.

Feb 19
2025

Three Heuristics

In ancient Greece, worshippers approaching the Temple of Apollo at Delphi passed by a column at the entrance.

Feb 18
2025

Capoeira and "Technologies for Consciousness"

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Mrs. Fiona Merrill El Mansour and 12 of her students from one of our primary feeder schools, the Japanese International School (JIS).