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15 October 2026

You can deliver a pizza. You don’t deliver learning

Active learning starts with seeing students as participants rather than recipients
Lauran Kerr-Heraly Guest Contributor

Founder and CEO of education coaching platform Altering Course

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A pizza delivery on a rainy night or the rare historical text I found online are great uses of delivery. Education is not.

Too often, teachers talk about delivering lessons. Leaders say they are delivering a talk. Even students say they are delivering presentations.

But this paints education as a ‘done to’, passive experience. One person imparts the content while others simply have it delivered to them.

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