tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post715083516696294704..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Reflections on diary thoughts; the artistry of teachers.: Bruce Hammonds teacherBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1672314136857905182010-08-23T14:39:28.022+12:002010-08-23T14:39:28.022+12:00It is terribly sad watching fantastic left-field t...It is terribly sad watching fantastic left-field teachers sruggle with fitting themselves into a mangaerialist system that neither they nor their students suit. I am glad that you are talking abou the artistry of teachers because those are exactly the words that have been left out of most descriptions of what teaching is. Many of us have "mutated and survived" but the new round of criteria for teachers to be assessed against coming in may be enough to finally rid the system of all of us. And yet any real in-depth reading of how we teach and learn describes the artistry of the truly experienced talented teacher - we desperately need teachers stories of what we do and how we do it - not politicians' ideas of an input/output model.Clarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-87613489352352992752010-08-22T21:35:24.236+12:002010-08-22T21:35:24.236+12:00Hi Simon
Contact me and I will send you a magazin...Hi Simon<br /><br />Contact me and I will send you a magazine to read. You do live near the Mountain?<br /><br />BruceBruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-16060367566833715692010-08-22T19:41:46.799+12:002010-08-22T19:41:46.799+12:00The dilemma of creativity and acknowledging indivi...The dilemma of creativity and acknowledging individual difference in students in secondary schools is an age behind primary and is totally stifled by the systems used to acknowledge achievement. Teachers who have become comfortable in their '1 subject' expertise do not want to venture outside of their comfort zone. At year 11 the quote 'I know they won't pass' is often heard from teachers. This begs the question, What does that do to the learner? In my role as SCT I intend to use your quote, If we want our students to develop their personal set of gifts and talents, and to develop the competencies to become 'seekers, users and creators of their own knowledge' as expressed in the NZC, then schools really need to be transformed. Schools need to leave the world of prescribed academic subjects and mass education processes and enter the world of personalised and creative learning.This is the world where their students are heading and where many already live today. It is no wonder that so many students currently fail today in schools not suited to them and no surprise to see which student are currently the 'winners'. Hopefully to engender some long overdue professional conversation based around the NZC. Thanks for the inspiration.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250607646159578941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-75522759750679053832010-08-21T21:33:01.507+12:002010-08-21T21:33:01.507+12:00If teachers don't collectively take the initi...If teachers don't collectively take the initiative and develop a creative approach to learning then things won't change much. Current 'best practice' formulaic teaching is leading us to standardisation. If there is one thing that is certain it is that the future will be unpredictable - we need minds equipped to deal with unpredictable challenges.<br /><br />If we want to 'engage' all learners we have no choice.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-88248729269681856572010-08-21T17:22:55.770+12:002010-08-21T17:22:55.770+12:00Be great if such creative teachers were to be val...Be great if such creative teachers were to be valued once again -it seems we have gone as far as we can with current teaching in primary schools. Pleasant places but now lacking imagination or intellectual courage. Secondary schools remain much as they have always been, secure in their traditional shape -except they are having trouble with 'engaging'students who would never have been enrolled in earlier days. Of course it is these students who are at fault when schools should be personalising learning to help them in the ways you suggestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com