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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Cohort entry: you are being gulled
There is no need to go over the arguments in any detail – if the process is wrong, then the decision is wrong – everything is wrong, even if the decision is right, which it isn’t. The idea should first … Continue reading
Marlene Campbell: Dedicated to the Southland Times
Marlene Campbell: the Dreyfus case of New Zealand education [This posting was written a number of years ago. It is now dedicated to the Southland Times which following the recent favourable Court of Appeal decision was for a few days … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry of Education, Principals
Tagged Media, Ministry of Education, Politics, principals
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Salford: furtive meetings in cafes, stays at home, direct involvement of Hekia
[This was written a number of years ago.] After my last posting I received letters from parents providing me with information about Peter McDonald, the statutory manager, and his behaviour at Salford (much of it I cannot reproduce). One consistent piece … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry of Education, Political
Tagged Hekia, Ministry of Education, Politics
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Marlene triumphs and wins in court of appeal: Parata flattened:
To celebrate I had this ready (2016): Minister backs Marlene Campbell and her national standards rebellion (2011) The national standards years were tense, feverish, and oppressive. References to authoritarianism by principals were greeted with surprise and unbelief by those outside education … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged Education, Hekia, Ministry of Education, National standards, NZPF, Politics, principals, Trickery
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Attack! 32 Through the Tunnel, by Doris Lessing
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
There aren’t any Eskimos either
Do I need to do much on Maori culture; there aren’t any Maori in my class? There aren’t any Eskimos either. Should the setting out of projects be given a lot of attention in social studies? Only if you predict … Continue reading
Attack! 31 Computers needed in employment – bingo – computers should be central to learning: NO! NO! NO!
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Posted in Attack, Education
Tagged children, Computers, Curriculum, Education, Education policy, Schooling
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I’ve had enough: the truth about high stakes assessment and inflation Part 3 (the primary school)
There is no doubt that principals have worked out how to organise their schools to meet present system exigencies but face considerable obstruction, given the nature of that organisation, to deliver anything like a genuine curriculum. As wonderful and glitzy … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Principals
Tagged Assessment, Education policy, Hekia, National standards, principals, Schooling
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Attack! 30 In blood one day he framed a strategy
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, children, Education, Education policy, Schooling
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A hint of existential crisis and me
[From the posting alert for Parts 2 and 3 Holistic mathematics.] Pleased to be back with you after a madcap few days on a family matter that had me travelling the length of the North Island (from Cambridge) to Invercargill … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Political
Tagged Education policy, Hekia, NCEA, Politics, principals, Schooling, Trickery
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