tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post4195405960498761403..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: The rebirth of education - a real RenaissanceBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-43845144838417497842010-09-30T13:39:50.987+13:002010-09-30T13:39:50.987+13:00Great post as usual. (Typo in the title.)Great post as usual. (Typo in the title.)Josiehttp://www.pdscompasspoint.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-87118119558464943162010-09-22T13:39:37.209+12:002010-09-22T13:39:37.209+12:00Polly - I couldn't agree more.
Not 'best ...Polly - I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />Not 'best practices' but 'promising practices'. Giving things a go and seeing what works for 'next time'. 'Next practices'; thats the secret of life - creativity - progress.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-80418359032350694742010-09-22T00:56:08.607+12:002010-09-22T00:56:08.607+12:00The following is not my idea but I can't remem...The following is not my idea but I can't remember whose in order to give credit:<br /><br />Think about the possibilities if, instead of 'best' practices, we had 'permission' better still encouragement, to discover and use 'promising' practices.<br /><br />To my mind, 'best' practice implies we have reached a finite ultimate in teaching and learning. That notion is ludicrous; we will never know it all. 'Promising' on the other hand implies ongoing noticing needs, searching for ways, trying them out, tweeking, building ... and noticing new needs. <br /><br />Daily.<br /><br />Actually, moment by moment, learner by learner. <br /><br />This is the stuff of creative teaching and learning.pollysparkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305587734909299480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-46247323383071792372010-09-21T23:43:29.266+12:002010-09-21T23:43:29.266+12:00The rats might have contributed to the Rennaissanc...The rats might have contributed to the Rennaissance but today Mrs Tolley and her tame 'technorats' are destroying creativity - their time will come!<br /><br />Schools are like the church - past their best days but hanging on to avoid grim death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com