By Allan Alach
LIfe is getting busy on the educational readings front. This is a
selection of the many I could have sent your way, much the the relief of many,
I suspect!
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!
Education and the blame game
Dianne
Khan’s article is a must read. Really!
‘Who is to blame that some
students achieve less than others? Is apportioning blame and pointing fingers
actually helpful for anything other than head-line grabbing? Admit it – did you
click on this because of the headline, hoping for an easy answer? Well there
isn’t one. It’s a complex issue.’
Great Teachers Don't Teach
Wonder
if the people who design the 6 week teacher courses know anything about this?
‘… great teachers engineer
learning experiences that manoeuvre the students into the driver's seat and then
the teachers get out of the way.’
Nigel Latta on National Standards
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| "Nonsense" |
Bruce
Hammonds’ republishing of a Nigel Latta posting about national standards - a
must read.
Kelvin Smythe:The not so hidden
corporate agenda of National Standards, and PaCT testing
Another
republished article by Bruce Hammonds - this time a slight re-editing of a
longer Kelvin Smythe article.
The Matthew Effect: What Is It and
How Can You Avoid It In Your Classroom? (via Tony Gurr)
Heard
of the Matthew Effect before? I hadn’t either, until I read this article.
‘The only reason not to reward the
best and brightest for their achievements is to avoid punishing the rest for
their shortcomings.’
And:
‘How The Labels You Place On Your
Students Affect Their Performance’
Unpacking the sound bite “quality
teaching eliminates socioeconomic advantage”
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| ''Queen of the sound bites!" |
Recently
New Zealand’s Minister of Education Hekia Parata made the unsupported claim
that four years of quality teaching would overcome the effects of poverty on
children’s learning. Rubbish but not
surprising as this is her usual level of discourse. Save Our Schools NZ blogger
Dianne Khan has done the required debunking - a recommended read!
Finland's education ambassador spreads the word (via Mike Boon)
‘Pasi Sahlberg was Finland's chief
inspector of schools … until it was decided teachers did not need Ofsted-style
surveillance. Now his job is global spokesman for the Finnish message.’
We
can’t have too many articles about Sahlberg and Finland!
Rip van Winkle and schools
An
oldie from Bruce Hammonds (2006) - what
has changed?
Video
Section.
How to Change Education - from the
ground up
Video
of an hour long webcast from July 1st that features a presentation from Sir Ken
Robinson where he ‘delivers
the long-awaited follow-up to his now legendary 'Changing Education Paradigms'
talk.’
An
edited version will be available at some time, if you can’t find one hour in
your busy life.
Michael Rosen on Education (via
Bruce Hammonds)
Author
of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.’ Poor quality video but the message makes up
for it!
Why too often do schools kill
curiosity (via Bruce Hammonds)
Diffendoofer
day (via Phil Cullen)
A video variation of
the well known Dr Suess story, from Opotiki College, that reflects on the
potential impact of tests to rate schools.
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