tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post8020461397126933687..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: The NZF curriculum nautilusBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-58845805470874865052008-02-21T10:40:00.000+13:002008-02-21T10:40:00.000+13:00I think you are right. All too often 'teacher's' u...I think you are right. All too often 'teacher's' units result in students completing teacher designed tasks not studying, in depth, issues felt important to them. When you read the results of, so called student research, the students real 'voice' is missing. It often seems activity for activities sake.<BR/><BR/>Secondary schools have a great opportunity to develop exciting programmes based on student concerns by making use of their combined subject knowledge to develop a depth of individual understnding.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-16387233333558921352008-02-21T03:10:00.000+13:002008-02-21T03:10:00.000+13:00It seems to me that too many primary teachers 'pla...It seems to me that too many primary teachers 'plan' for their students extensive integrated units and then achieve little in depth undestandinmg. Your blog shows how a simple study can achieve a depth of thought that would 'stretch' students minds.<BR/><BR/>Secondary schools , in contrast, are trapped in a few watertight compartments, each of considerable depth, which close students minds to integrated thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com