tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post5175041767545939067..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: National Standards or political dogmaBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-46153806162423850892009-11-30T13:14:37.827+13:002009-11-30T13:14:37.827+13:00Put simpy - National Standards are a return to cen...Put simpy - National Standards are a return to centralised control of education.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-58117208159327525542009-11-28T09:13:35.325+13:002009-11-28T09:13:35.325+13:00Do teachers have the courage to confront the gover...Do teachers have the courage to confront the government -even just by insisting on greater time to reflect on the standards. Once they think standards a done deal teachers will have lost and time will show it to be a terrible mistake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-56420654834238142922009-11-27T22:28:28.314+13:002009-11-27T22:28:28.314+13:00Great gathering in the far North. Ministry people ...Great gathering in the far North. Ministry people unable to convicingly express why we need national standards - except that the politicians want them. All teacher groups should refuse to implement them until full consultation has taken place.<br /><br />Creative eduction helps chidren learn to be who they are - it builds on their gifts, talents and curiosities. Most schooling is teachers getting their students to do what teachers want. This is not creative education - it is teachers know best.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-62546293882675119582009-11-24T21:37:14.449+13:002009-11-24T21:37:14.449+13:00Do you see creative education as different from wh...Do you see creative education as different from what is seen in many primary classroons today? If so what are the differences in your eyes? Was the creative education you refer to ever common in schools? How do we get back to such creativity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com