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Primary School Diaries
by Kelvin Smythe
The five booklets complete the series.
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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Hattie’s research: Is wrong Part 5 – this should clinch it
At some time in the future, Hattie’s research and his opinions will be revealed for what they are: a huge charade. But you don’t need to wait – all you need to do is read the postings in the Hattie … Continue reading
Hattie warms up Visible Learning for Pearson; also Hattie and Pasi Sahlberg on YouTube
Hattie’s research is rubbish. For him, the beauty of it being rubbish is that it allows him to say it says whatever he likes. In his latest trick he has produced a new book called The Politics of Distraction: What … Continue reading
John Gerritsen: War correspondent for the Times
John Gerritsen: War correspondent for the Times, Russell: New Zealand July 1845 Confidential document on New Zealand Wars Documents from the Colonial Office have come to hand detailing a battle fought recently between Lieutenant Colonel Despard leading the 58th and … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Media
Tagged Early childhhod, Education, IES, McNaughton, Media, Ministry of Education
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Mathematics: here is the answer
Instead of giving credibility to the shabby NZ Initiative report on mathematics by criticising it and similarly the shabby Hekia Parata decision to sponsor it (all designed to shore up the failing IES project and the anti-democratic EDUCANZ one), this … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum
Tagged children, Curriculum, Education policy, Mathematics, Schooling, Teachers
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Professor Ivan Snook comments on Primary School Diaries 5
Every primary principal should read, and encourage their teachers to read, the latest of Kelvin Smythe’s Primary School Diaries, edited by Allan Alach. It begins by exposing the cunning publicity surrounding Tomorrows Schools, (‘It’s time you knew what is going … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Schooling
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, Ivan Snook, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling, Teachers
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Why are the writers of review office indicators so angry?
The riddle referred to in the introduction is that the main ideas, some of the main lines. and some of the metaphors (for instance, the looking-glass) come from A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. It is a feminist book; it … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Education Review Office
Tagged Curriculum, Education policy, ERO, Neoliberalism, Schooling, Trickery
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Trust your primary teacher organisations – they have demonstrated they are worthy of it
These are difficult times for me. I know people in education, even ones who support the philosophy I advocate, find me increasingly uncomfortable. Yes – I feel pretty lonely, but I continue, because I genuinely feel it is useful I … Continue reading
Tim O’Connor, principal, Auckland Grammar – networkonnet hero of the month
Let’s have it for Tim – hero of the month (and candidate for the year if not the patron) for this progressive education website. Tim has abandoned the so-called ‘community of schools citing that that project didn’t fit with the … Continue reading
A brief comment on the classroom application of the holistic and developmental in Magazine Years
The key definition is on page 27: The lead in sentence is that ‘Developmental is the overall classroom practice derived from the holistic philosophy.’ ‘The holistic philosophy is about the interaction of the cognitive and the affective.’ This means that … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Schooling
Tagged children, Curriculum, Education policy, Schooling, Teachers
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