January 2010
3 posts
We're ba-a-ck!
Kia ora.
Today our teachers are at school. Like manyof their colleagues up and down the country, they are engaged in professional development “Teachers Only Days” – we’ve got another one tomorrow and a third one on Monday. During the holiday break, each teacher undertook a series of professional readings and completed a mind-map in preparation for today. The focus of this professional...
More evidence...
At the risk of sounding a couple of degrees south of grammatical excellence; herewith another article debunking the case for national standards: it doesn’t get much more obviouser. New Zealand educator Bruce Hammonds uses his blog to publish renowned US educator Alfie Kohn’s latest article. While Kohn’s lyrics are US focused, his melody is scarily familiar. Go to:
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“Some thoughts on the ERO report on the teaching of reading and writing in years 1 and 2 and the coverage in the Dominion Post (15th December, 2009)
Ivan Snook
Emeritus Professor of Education
Massey University.
The Dominion Post headline said “Schools set Sights too Low.” (15th December, 2009). Nothing in the ERO report supports this damning generalisation. Rather the report finds that...