tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post115328732704063658..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Creativity is more than process.Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1154430628495199172006-08-01T23:10:00.000+12:002006-08-01T23:10:00.000+12:00This trying to tie everything to literacy and nume...This trying to tie everything to literacy and numeracy is demeaning to the true pursuit of learning but it is what the system's technocrats encourages schools to do.<BR/><BR/>The idea of working across schools, and involving students and their families, ought to be enough by themselves - and surely chess itself encourages strategic or logical thinking skills.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1154423487236801772006-08-01T21:11:00.000+12:002006-08-01T21:11:00.000+12:00This is interesting. I (with a collegue) started a...This is interesting. I (with a collegue) started a chess program across a cluster of 13 schools. There were many things we aimed to do. It aimed to develop a 'culture of chess' across a rural shire. We wanted to bring a community organisation (local chess club) into classrooms sharing expertise. We wanted to make chess 'cool'. We wanted to kids and family to become a part of chess culture we hadn't yet created. And we wanted to promote fun and enjoyment through game-playing. All things, we think, are important outcomes in education.<BR/><BR/>BUT, in order to sell it and get local funding, we had to call it a NUMERACY project, cross-referenced to National Benchmarks. <BR/><BR/>Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1154013307948910102006-07-28T03:15:00.000+12:002006-07-28T03:15:00.000+12:00One thing you can guarantee - the 'experts' ( peop...One thing you can guarantee - the 'experts' ( people who copy others mistakes) always end up being wrong, even if what they do makes sense at the time.There are always consequences they can never imagine. It is better to tap into the 'messy' diversity of creative teachers for ideas but this would never suit the tidy 'technorats'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1153962056541389292006-07-27T13:00:00.000+12:002006-07-27T13:00:00.000+12:00Creative teachers that have survived had had to go...Creative teachers that have survived had had to go underground the past decade or so. Doing their best to comply with often senseless requirements while still focusing on helping each learner in their class be all they can be. Not easy work. Let's hope, with the Minister's attraction to 'personalised' learning, creative teachers will once again lead the charge to improving learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1153961290637972872006-07-27T12:48:00.000+12:002006-07-27T12:48:00.000+12:00Imposed training approaches will always result in ...Imposed training approaches will always result in mediocrity and, as you say, while there are short term gains there are also losses in individual teachers' sense of agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com