By Allan Alach
As the start of the New Zealand school year approaches, its timely
to restart these weekly reading lists. Bruce Hammonds (http://leading-learning.blogspot.co.nz)
tells me that the last 2012 edition was well received, so that’s encouraging. I
hope that this and future editions also meet with readers’ approval. Feedback
is always welcomed.
This may be a new year but as the articles below show, nothing much
has changed. GERMs are still infecting education systems around the world and
the need for the disinfection to be an international cooperation is crucial.
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!
West
vs Asia education rankings are misleading
‘Western
schoolchildren are routinely outperformed by their Asian peers, but worrying
about it is pointless.’
So much for the fear mongering then.
http://bit.ly/V6Vcrl
Deeper
Learning: Highlighting Student Work
‘The difference is that these students' teachers have helped them
develop the skills and mindsets necessary to produce work of exceptional
quality, and have built classroom and school cultures in which exceptional work
is the norm.’
Guess that these teachers aren’t infected by
GERMs, then?
Exclusive: Revealed - Tory plan for firms to run schools
for profit
This is out in the
open in England. We can be sure that the same strings are being pulled in New
Zealand.
Our obsession with ‘natural’ talent is
harming students
‘Results released from a major Victorian study on
student learning show high achieving children’s performance in tests is
“flat-lining”.’
Gosh, really?
Who would have predicted this?
Academies report disguises the damage they are doing
to British schools
Yawn. What’s
new? The same will apply in New Zealand.
The Global Search for Education: What Will Finland Do
Next?
Let me guess….. I
know….. they will bring in national testing so they can do better in
international tests of dubious relevance…….
;)
15 Reasons Why Daydreamers are Better Learners
‘Recent research in both psychology and neuroscience
clearly shows that daydreaming is an essential part of mental processing,
reasoning and, yes, even learning.’
Another conflict with
the educational rubbish espoused by the economists behind GERM. So much for
measuring inputs and outputs then. On the other hand, one reason for Google’s
success is their provision to allow employees time to dream and innovate.
Competition
and Choice Fail to Produce Better Student Results
More research that debunks the neoliberal
myths.
‘Another
new study has refuted the case that more competition and choice between schools
leads to higher student results. The paper reviewed research evidence in
several countries and concluded that it is “mixed and modest”. It also found
that choice and competition leads to greater social stratification between
schools.’
Why
schools used to be better
Another gem from Marion Brady - nothing more
needs to be added.
Elwyn
S Richardson 1925 -2012 Creative teacher.
For those who missed this over the break -
here is Bruce Hammonds obituary for Elwyn Richardson. All holistically minded
teachers, world wide, should read this.
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