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Importance of Technology
Man has worked hard to improve technology consistently to do various tasks fast and effectively. Many nations have succeeded in building great infrastructure and achieve stupendous progress due to...
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Educational Readings
Yong Zhao on PISA Educational Readings By Allan AlachOne common element of ‘deform’ across the world, is the use of PISA tests to justify the implementation of GERM. As Phil Cullen observes in his...
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New Zealand Teachers –to be creative make use of outsiders.
When I was moreinvolved in education I used to give a presentation called ‘a view from theedge’.New Zealand - we ought to be at the cutting edge of change.I chose the title with great thought for a...
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Educational Readings
By Allan Alach A potpourri of articles this week, concluding with a couple of more positive ones on the way education should be developing. However as the first article shows, there is little...
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Time to show some imagination in our schools?
'Imagination is infused in all thought processes'‘Imagine’ is the title of an exciting book by Jonah Lehrer. Lehrer’s book, he writes, ‘is about our most important mental talent; the ability to imagine...
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Making the most of Team work in schools as a means to develop creative thinking
The Aussie gold medal winning hockey team- with no captain. They all knew what to do. Teamwork!New Yorkbestselling author Jonah Lehrer, in his book ‘Imagine’, has an interestingchapter on team work or...
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Educational Readings
By Allan AlachHard to beat this item on Diane Ravitch’s blog as a great introduction to this week’s readings:‘There have been many times in history when the evidence and discoveries by researchers and...
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Diane Ravitch: Finding the Genius in Every Child
Diane Ravitch This article was extracted from Allan Alach's latest Educational Readings. It reflects my own thinking that the role of schools is to tap into and extend the unique gifts of every...
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Creating a culture of Creativity for New Zealand
New Zealand appears to be drifting into the 21stC with the hope that self-interested capitalism will be enough– our current government is re-invigorating the premises behind the ‘market forces’...
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Educational Readings :By Allan Alach
Another week - where does time go? The usual smorgasbord of articles this week, with a couple looking at ICT (e-learning) and education. While I’m a great believer in the power of technology to really...
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Linda-Darling Hammond: Lessons for New Zealand from America
Equity and CreativityAnother more practical book about inquiry learning by Darling-Hammond‘The Flat World and Education’, a book by Linda Darling-Hammond is a must read for educationalists and...
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Educational Readings
Standardizing the education system!! Readings by Allan AlachIt is very clear that education “GERM” based school ‘deform’ is an international agenda. The similarities of rhetoric and policies make that...
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Helping Children Love Mathematics – Jo Boaler; and the need to question...
Jo Boaler Professor of Mathematics at the University of SussexJo Boaler is the Marie Curie Professor of maths at University of Sussex. She previously taught at Kings College London and Stanford...
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The government and Christchurch, and Lesley Longstone
The government and Christchurch, and Lesley Longstone at the normal school conference From Kelvin Smythe As explained in my posting alert, I am having my web site renewed (‘rejuvenated’ is not...
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As I feared, we stuffed up responding to Parata
As I feared, we stuffed up responding to ParataGuest Blog by Kelvin SmytheThe propaganda, the culture of lying, and the control of institutions mean that education policies under National are almost...
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Educational Readings by Allan Alach
Standardisation of education Henry Ford would be proud! .Madness has spread to both sides of the Tasman Sea this week, with the publishing of Naplan test results in Australia and of national standards...
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Will you be there? The Dominion, Hartvelt, and league tables
By Kelvin SmytheWe said national standards would harm children’s learning.They wouldn’t listen.Or didn’t care.John Key said let them eat national standards.That will be better for them than decent...
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Educational Readings
Educational Readings - By Allan AlachThe usual potpourri this week. The quantity of valuable educational articles available online is an excellent illustration of how the internet is being used to...
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Australia/ New ZealandPRINCIPALS’ CONFERENCE - the Darwin Effect
PRINCIPALS’ CONFERENCEThe Darwin EffectBy Phil Cullen ex Director of PrimaryEducation QueenslandPhil's website Primary SchoolingI remember the day when the first news came through that Darwin had been...
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Paul Drummond speaks out about the destructive agenda being imposed on...
Paul DrummondAPPA-NZP International Conference20 September 2012This a copy of Phil Cullen's blog,To find out who Phil is follow this linkPhil was very impressed with Paul's presentation and I thought...
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