tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post116217206916775273..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Schools to develop the creative talents of all students.Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162413198045816802006-11-02T09:33:00.000+13:002006-11-02T09:33:00.000+13:00I guess the answer is yes but hopefully things are...I guess the answer is yes but hopefully things are changing out there. I reckon when I write my 500th blog I will call it a day. I think this is about number 420!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162389813611774772006-11-02T03:03:00.000+13:002006-11-02T03:03:00.000+13:00The vision of education you share -as expressed in...The vision of education you share -as expressed in this book you review, seems so obvious but don't you despair that little of what you believe actually happens in schools?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162288195032210292006-10-31T22:49:00.000+13:002006-10-31T22:49:00.000+13:00If we spent more time helping students develop, or...If we spent more time helping students develop, or uncover, their own gifts and less time teaching them what we ( or distant 'experts' ) think they ought to know, less students would fail 'our' schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162271161082998232006-10-31T18:06:00.000+13:002006-10-31T18:06:00.000+13:00A quote in the book says to classify is dangerous!...A quote in the book says to classify is dangerous!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162257731329050652006-10-31T14:22:00.000+13:002006-10-31T14:22:00.000+13:00Yes all students have special interests, perspecti...Yes all students have special interests, perspectives and idiosyncratic talents. It is refreshing to see a move away from the false premises that lead schools to focus on programmes for so called 'gifted' children. What needs recognition, as you indicate, is that all children have special gifts that are often overlooked, or at best underestimated, in their school environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com