tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post111336993622282653..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: The power of imaginationBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1114082851538112702005-04-21T23:27:00.000+12:002005-04-21T23:27:00.000+12:00If we can't trust teachers to develop student crea...If we can't trust teachers to develop student creativity then we will never produce enough creative people to solve some of the problems we are currenty struggling with.<BR/><BR/>If teachers feel they have to comply then they will not have the courage to take the necessary learning risks.<BR/><BR/>Micro managing by the Ministry diminishes teacher creativity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1113477707201076452005-04-14T23:21:00.000+12:002005-04-14T23:21:00.000+12:00Imagination and education just don't seem to go to...Imagination and education just don't seem to go together. Even the art today is so step by step!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1113477070540444302005-04-14T23:11:00.000+12:002005-04-14T23:11:00.000+12:00Couldn't agree more.Where are the courageous leade...Couldn't agree more.Where are the courageous leaders? Seems to me too many principals get in the way of creativity! They act like middle managers busying themselves with paperwork and complying to the Ministry's latest nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1113437355633629302005-04-14T12:09:00.000+12:002005-04-14T12:09:00.000+12:00I reckon anyone with creativity and imagination wi...I reckon anyone with creativity and imagination will always have a hard time in education - or to be more accurate, schooling. Reminds me of a poem we learnt at school:<BR/><BR/>'If you stick to your desks and never go to sea<BR/>You wll be rulers of the Queens Navy.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com