tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post6271575765268576422..comments2024-03-12T22:54:04.594+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Time for a transformational vision?Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-55370803717281928092009-10-19T10:56:21.303+13:002009-10-19T10:56:21.303+13:00It would be great if schools were to take a leader...It would be great if schools were to take a leadership role but too many seem quite happy as they are, too caught up in their traditional subject diciplines to focus on the personal needs and talents of their students. 'One size, it seems, still fits all' at secondary and it will be literacy and numeracy forever at primary schools.We are in the 21stC?Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-78401918791347777192009-10-18T23:12:11.446+13:002009-10-18T23:12:11.446+13:00Mrs Tolley would be at home in one of Charles Dick...Mrs Tolley would be at home in one of Charles Dicken's<br /> novels with her Victorian 'Three Rs' approach to teaching.<br /><br />Does she think we need to go back to such a narrow uncreative view of education?<br /><br />The answer seems obvious as she has cancelled all the art and environmental advisers in schools.<br /><br />Doesn't she know learning is about engagement or motivation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-11739939372519724332009-10-18T23:05:21.915+13:002009-10-18T23:05:21.915+13:00Parents need some good information about what the ...Parents need some good information about what the standards would mean for their children, and how they have distorted education in countries where they have been used.<br /><br />They seem to be a good idea until real thought is given to the issue - so parents need information.<br /><br />Without real information - both for and against, populist politicians can do what they like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-75215090936302868672009-10-17T14:06:26.567+13:002009-10-17T14:06:26.567+13:00Be great if school 'leaders' took a stand ...Be great if school 'leaders' took a stand against the standards. They should send a clear message to all their parents about the truth of it all - the lack of consultation, the rush through parliament, what it really means when it comes to other creative areas of learning that will suffer, and its lack of success in other parts of the world where it has falied to deliver.<br /><br />Like most simplistic solutions it will fail and worse still will distort teaching and learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-55377111422544764812009-10-16T16:42:01.833+13:002009-10-16T16:42:01.833+13:00Funny that! A person would have to have a very fle...Funny that! A person would have to have a very flexible concept of integrity to work for the Ministry!<br />They would have to be Marxists - Groucho that is,he said, 'I have my principles ,I can change them if you don't like them!'Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-10938890406986201432009-10-16T16:21:17.310+13:002009-10-16T16:21:17.310+13:00I bet you are not getting much consultation work w...I bet you are not getting much consultation work with MOE!Mauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16110893760462762109noreply@blogger.com