tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post2457445966185802407..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Rip van Winkle and schoolsBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-23339041459576916532008-03-21T14:41:00.000+13:002008-03-21T14:41:00.000+13:00Thanks MathewThanks MathewBruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-54015039620781295232008-03-21T14:17:00.000+13:002008-03-21T14:17:00.000+13:00Even as schools are changing slightly, it's import...Even as schools are changing slightly, it's important to keep having a conversation about what skills students will need in the twenty-first century and reevaluate how we're teaching students to prepare for that new world. <BR/><BR/>Here's a film version of the Rip Van Winkle goes to school story...http://tinyurl.com/2w2r97Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-47483709339000284282006-12-28T20:19:00.000+13:002006-12-28T20:19:00.000+13:00We need this 'big conversation' about education ( ...We need this 'big conversation' about education ( and where our country is going) urgently! It is too important to leave it to those who always profess to know best for us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-37783042703609893112006-12-20T23:10:00.000+13:002006-12-20T23:10:00.000+13:00Secondary schools are frozen in time!Secondary schools are frozen in time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-24161236938870177812006-12-19T00:04:00.000+13:002006-12-19T00:04:00.000+13:00Doctors from only a few decades ago would find hos...Doctors from only a few decades ago would find hospitals beyond them - secondary teachers from the 1950s would find school almost unchanged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-2258036928783275282006-12-18T14:34:00.000+13:002006-12-18T14:34:00.000+13:00While, on one hand, those in authority say we a ha...While, on one hand, those in authority say we a have world class system and then say, we need to develop a true 21stC system, we stand in 'mediocre-land'.<br /><br />We need the 'big conversation' in NZ - or a real challenge from the Ministry to re-structure secondary schools, to develop the sense of urgency needed to transform our schools.<br /><br />Perhaps the Minister's 'new' agenda of continuing the Peter Fraser vision by developing 'personalised learning' will spark the revolution?<br /><br />My thought is that old Rip van Winkle will find secondary schools famiiar for many years to come!<br /><br />They are the ultimate change resistant oganisations and parents seem to like them that way - or the 'ones' with the power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com