By Allan Alach
Another pattern in the GERM movement, across the world, is the
hypocrisy of the authorities over the use of ‘achievement data’. While schools
are expected to ‘play the game’ and follow the requirements to the letter, the
authorities play by different rules. I’ve read many overseas articles on this
topic, and now evidence is starting to appear in New Zealand that indicates a
similar process is happening here. We’re not yet quite sure what the intent of
this fudging of information is, and investigations are continuing. In the
meantime Kelvin Smythe has covered this in a number of articles.
I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it
to me at allan.alach@ihug.co.nz.
This week’s homework!
Roger
Schank: Only two things wrong with education: 1) What we teach; 2) How we teach
I’d add politicians, economists and
corporates to the list..
Ruth
Sutton on Rethinking Accountability
Via Canadian blogger Joe Bower.
‘This
study of the links between assessment, learning and achievement revealed for
the first time what many people interested in this field – myself included –
had always suspected. To use an agricultural analogy, ‘Weighing the pig
doesn’t make it grow.’
Instructional
Leadership
Les Treichel, Retired Queensland Regional
Director of Education, has sent me this document that he prepared a couple of
years back. This is well worth reading, by principals and others in leadership
roles, and also by all who are interested in real education as opposed to GERM
infected education.
The
challenge of creativity in a compliance environment
This blog by Bruce Hammonds should be read
and reread and reread….
“Payment-by-Results”
in 1862!
History repeats, it seems, and still doesn’t
work.
Using
Just 10% of Your Brain? Think Again
Popular 'neuromyths' about how we learn are creating
confusion in the classroom
Goes with all the
other learning myths, like national standards, raising achievement, national
testing, performance pay, charter schools, and so on….. My personal favourite
myth is ‘brain based learning.’ Thanks
to Michael Fawcett @teachernz for this link.
Finland's
Secret Sauce: Its Teachers
"Anyone Can Be A Teacher:" A Salute to
American Education Week
A good
response to this oft heard statement of ignorance:
Education
is a Process of Living and Not a Preparation for Future Living
Written for the USA; however this is very
transferable to education in all GERM infected countries. It’s a longish
article but well worth reading in its entirety. Will provide great ammunition
to support you in debates with deformers and to inform parents etc.
Michael Gove's national curriculum reforms: where's
the creativity?
“We
could look to the unconventional Lumiar schools in Brazil, which believe that
children learn best when they have a say in what they're learning.’
http://bit.ly/UfO7Uk
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