tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post114791098874573019..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: 'Personalization' - the new buzz word?Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1148901783201401362006-05-29T23:23:00.000+12:002006-05-29T23:23:00.000+12:00Personalisation would be possibe in primary school...Personalisation would be possibe in primary schools but it would be too much for specialist subject centred secondary teachers with their timetables and bells.!<BR/><BR/>And anyway it is sure 'Deju Vu' for teachers inspired by the creativity of the 60 and 70s. I guess there are only a few of these pioneers left!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1148000565998055962006-05-19T13:02:00.000+12:002006-05-19T13:02:00.000+12:00Be great if schools could work together to develop...Be great if schools could work together to develop personalisation - to focus on developing the talents of all students rather than being sidetracked with achievement targets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1148000012013079912006-05-19T12:53:00.000+12:002006-05-19T12:53:00.000+12:00England seems to be a mixed bag - I really enjoy t...England seems to be a mixed bag - I really enjoy the material on personalizing learning from their innovation unit but their schools are still having the pressures of league table to put up with and recently phonics has been made compulsory!<BR/><BR/>Most of the things 'we' like are not 'mainstreamed'- and I don't know what the UK version of New Basics is.<BR/><BR/>Our new NZ curriculum looks excellent - but a bit Deju Vu to me; sort of 'back to the future'! 'The status quo, what you know, that's latin for the mess we're in.'( A quote from Ronald Reagan!)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Just keep whats works and stay true to your own beliefs I reckon is the only way.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1147996035483132172006-05-19T11:47:00.000+12:002006-05-19T11:47:00.000+12:00Bruce I would be really interested in what great s...Bruce I would be really interested in what great stuff is coming out of England at present Re: Curriculum design e.g. the English response or version of Queenslands New Basics and Tasmanias Essential Learnings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1147945403306547222006-05-18T21:43:00.000+12:002006-05-18T21:43:00.000+12:00I am really enjoying your comments but I think I p...I am really enjoying your comments but I think I probably pinched the quote from someone else - but it really relevant.<BR/><BR/>And you are right, before you can get passionate learners you need passionate teachers!<BR/><BR/>Our new curriculum is nothing new - it is back to the future! But who cares, it is better than the over-crowded one we have currently.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1147940760469178952006-05-18T20:26:00.000+12:002006-05-18T20:26:00.000+12:00I knew I had read this pretty inspirational stuff ...I knew I had read this pretty inspirational stuff from this Liberation Theologist so I hunted it out. He said...<BR/>"Too many schools have allowed themselves to become slaves to curriculum and achievement demands and in the process have shortchanged students, students who have failed to develop their passions, talents and gifts. Worse still many students leave alienated and embittered. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime creative teachers worldwide are being 'burnt out', caught in the wrong system, while others sadly, just do their best to make sense of what they blindly imagine is sensible. "<BR/><BR/>Personalising the Curric. is not just about fostering the interests of students but it needs to foster the passions of teachers and get them enthusiastic about what they are teaching. <BR/>As a country we are developing a new curric...... MOE get specialists in and they develop full and comprehensive currics for their subject. The trouble is that the cumulative effect of all these Curric Statements is unworkable expectations, burnt out teachers, disengaged students, and an assessment schedule that is irrelevant and counterproductive to quality teaching practices.<BR/><BR/>We need to have the balls to personalise our own Curric.....sort it into 3 piles - 1/ the need to know pile 2/ the nice to know pile and 3/ the who cares pile.<BR/> Personalising our Curriculum and developing our response to the overcrowded curriculum is one of the most rewarding things we have done at our school.<BR/><BR/>P.S. What great stuff is coming out of england at present Bruce Re Curric e.g. the english response to Queenslands New Basics and Tasmanias Essential Learnings.<BR/>PPS the quote came from a B.Hammonds NewsletterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com