“21st century thinking”: Hornby High School’s journey so far

Professional development of teachers as autonomous learners is crucial to the transformation to 21st century teaching and learning. Hornby High School invited a Teaching and Learning Research Initiative project to participate in their programme to establish "teachers as learners", including holding a professional learning day that challenged teachers to reflect on their underlying assumptions about knowledge and learning. This article describes the activities from the day and some of the teachers' responses.