By Allan Alach
New Zealand teachers and children have now completed the end of term
one and now have two weeks break until next term. I stopped referring to these
breaks as school holidays a number of years ago, as this conveys the wrong
impression to people who are ignorant of the demands of teaching. Instead this
break consists of a week or so for teachers to recover and recharge (this can
be viewed as sick leave), while in the second week teachers’s thoughts turn to
preparation for the coming term. Not
much of a ‘holiday,’ is it?
This week’s articles are a collection of odds and ends!
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!
The myth of learning styles
Prepare to be
challenged….
Charter
schools are not about charter schools
This article by Kelvin Smythe is a superb
appraisal of the charter school agenda in New Zealand, and which can easily be
adapted to describe similar movements in other countries.
Thanks to Bruce Hammonds for the
following links.
Banned
TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs"
Worth watching for the first time, second
time, third time ….
Ernesto
Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!
“When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem
they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is
naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is
to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own
entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur.”
I suggest this applies
equally well to teachers! What do you think?
Why
Rising Test Scores May Not Mean Increased Learning.
‘A rise in test scores leads
most people to believe good things are happening in their schools. Not
unreasonably, politicians and parents alike infer that students have learned
more when test scores go up. But since the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law was
passed that inference may be unwarranted. Sadly, there are numerous reasons why
rising test scores may not be related to increases in student learning.’
A Dog
in the Barn: Parallels in Teaching and Parenting
Reflect on this.
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Moral
behavior in animals
Now for something completely different….
2 comments:
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Good post. I like it. It was interesting to read it. Great thank's author for sharing…
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