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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
Arriving at a Definition of Learning
Play based learning
‘However, the play environment is only
one part of the puzzle in supporting and observing how children learn through
play. Much
of the critical work is
unseen to the 'naked eye' by visitors intent on seeing how schools 'do' play in
their environment.’
Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student
Learning? Relevant
for NZ teachers?
‘Research shows that students, especially
boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are
white women.’
How to Ensure Students Are Actively
Engaged and Not Just Compliant
Where have all the Powerful Ideas Gone?
http://bit.ly/2zOX9TD
WASO Crescendo program lifts NAPLAN
results as schools see the benefits of music in class
https://ab.co/2y8zbkh
For educators, that draws a focus to assessment, where maybe it's time we asked if high-stakes standardized testing has finally reached its use by date? I mean what do you think it will take before we see public acknowledgment that the damage such ill-conceived tests have done to our kids and their learning, far outweighs any real or perceived benefits?
Alan Watts: 'Why modern education is a hoax’
"Let's take education. What a hoax. You get a little child, you see, and you suck it into a trap and
you send it to nursery school. And in nursery school you tell the child 'You are getting ready to go on to kindergarten. And then wow-wee, first grade is coming up, and second grade, and third grade.' You are gradually climbing the ladder towards, towards, going on towards progress. And then when it gets to end of grade school, you say 'high school, now you're really getting going.' Wrong."http://bit.ly/2QoW7mU
Dr. Wayne Ross: The Fear Created by Precarious Existence in The Neoliberal World Discourages Critical Thinking
‘Can we have a school of knowledge under a neoliberal policy? Simply, can we have an education
under the neoliberal yoke? Are neoliberalism and education compatible?’
Accountability and the Tyranny of Metrics
For educators, that draws a focus to assessment, where maybe it's time we asked if high-stakes standardized testing has finally reached its use by date? I mean what do you think it will take before we see public acknowledgment that the damage such ill-conceived tests have done to our kids and their learning, far outweighs any real or perceived benefits?
From Bruce’s ‘goldie oldies’ file:
Seymour Papert : The obsolete 'Three Rs' - blocking real change in
education
'Schools are still identified by the old turn of phrase ‘the three
Rs’- reading ‘riting and ‘rithmetic', Seymour Papert. The 'three Rs' still
reign supreme – more than ever in New Zealand
particularly since the introduction of governments National Standards in
literacy and numeracy. As one English educational commentator has written ‘the
evil twins of literacy and numeracy have all but eaten up the entire curriculum.’
Time for principals to fight back!
‘Principals have been too passive the past decades busying
themselves with complying with demands placed on them from those on high. In
this process they have become stressed out, not sure what is expected, and this
is exacerbated by the Ministry continually adding new requirements.It is time they added their collective voices to the debate and this is easiest done by groups of courageous principals, defining what is important, and sharing it with others.’
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