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Education Readings
Every week Bruce Hammonds and I collect articles
to share with teachers to encourage a creative approach to teaching and
learning. I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it
to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz
Bruce went to visit a school. Here are two
articles reflecting on what he saw:
A walk
around a creative school - the senior school
‘Years
ago, before Tomorrow’s Schools, I belonged to a group of teachers who believed it was
important to develop classrooms that featured student inquiry and creative
work. My walk showed that, at least in this school, the idea of the importance
of stimulating classrooms still continues.’
A walk
around a creative school - the juniors
‘It was a
pleasure to have the opportunity to walk around a school’s junior classrooms. From the
impression one gets you might have thought all you might see is literacy and numeracy
work but my walk showed lots more going on. The classroom environment is an
important ‘message’
system of what is seen
important to students and parents alike.’
Why our
education system needs to change – Karen Boyes
‘To
create a progressive and future focused education system I believe it needs to
be centred
Who are these modern learners?
‘With all
the talk around modern learners, it’s probably time we got up close and personal to
understand a little more about their motivations, behaviors, and attitudes.
They are producers and contributors, not just passive consumers. So how should
we be responding to these modern learners today?’
Developing
meaningful learning in your school
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| By Katie Martin |
‘Are you
ready to make relevant, sustainable, meaningful change in your school? Download
the free whitepaper that educational leaders around the world are using to
transform student learning in their schools.’
4 Ways to
Create a Learner-Centered Classroom
‘I have
been encouraged with the thoughtful ways that teachers are starting the year
and focusing on the learners and the learning community. Here are 4 ways that I have seen recently
that are great examples of how we can prioritize the learners and relationships
to create learner-centered classrooms.’
The
Importance of Curiosity and Challenge in Education
‘Here is
something I have been thinking about…Whether “school” is the direct reason why kids lose curiosity
over time shouldn’t
matter. What should matter is that school should become a place where curiosity
is developed in individuals no matter what factors have led to its decline.'
Skim
reading is the new normal. The
‘When the
reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand
another’s
feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age.’
Getting
Inside Students' Minds: Why Misconceptions Are So Powerful
‘"Students
are not empty vessels", “Students are full of all kinds of knowledge, and they have explanations
for everything." From birth, human beings are working hard to figure out
the world around us. But we go about it more like the early Greek philosophers
than modern scientists: reasoning from our limited experience. And like those
early philosophers — we're often dead wrong.’
A
snapshot of a New Zealand School – inquiry learning
‘At
Hororata Primary School we want to encourage our children to "think
outside the box"; to use flexibility, creativity, innovation, and social
intelligence to solve everyday problems. Our teaching provides children with
learning experiences that include elements of developmental, discovery, STEAM,
and Tinkering learning theory, with a strong emphasis on science and
technology.’
On Knowing - Jerome Bruner
‘The themes Jerome Bruner covers in his book concern the process of
knowing, how knowing is shaped and how it in turn gives form to language
science, literature and art.’
Experience and Education -John Dewey 1938
‘Such a lot of the ideas expressed today have their genesis in the
ideas of John Dewey.That Dewey's ideas have yet to be fully realised says
something for the power of conservatism in education. 'Experience in Education'
is Dewey's most concise statement of his ideas written after criticism his
theories received. In this book Dewey argues that neither 'traditional ' nor
'progressive ' ideas are adequate and he outlines a deeper point of view
building on the best of both.’
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| The room environment as a '' message'' system |
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