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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Brief comment on Wairoa College
I respond to the Wairoa Star front-page article Thursday, July 27, in which the current limited statutory manager has gone and a new one, Lex Hamill, appointed. The Wairoa Star There have been a number of heroes in the Wairoa … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Education, ERO, Ministry of Education, Politics, principals, Schooling
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The moment it went wrong for being a principal
The idea in Tomorrow’s Schools was that if the government got the administration of education right, and principals followed suit with their schools, the appropriate curriculum implementation would devolve from that. And an appropriate curriculum implementation did evolve from that … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Principals
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, Neoliberalism, Politics, principals, Schooling, Tomorrow's Schools
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Clay in school
Another in the very popular arts series by Chris Graham Primary-school children find clay a wonderfully tactile medium to tell their stories. The manipulation of clay has a universal fascination for children. When given a tennis-ball sized piece of clay … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Schooling, Teaching
Tagged children, Curriculum, Developmental, Schooling, Visual arts
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Independent facilitators being harassed to favour corporates and private companies: academies on way
By an independent facilitator (with my comments in bold) I was alerted to the changes in PLD by the principal of a school where I was working in mid-2016. They wanted to apply for central funding as my PLD with … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Community of Learning, Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism
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Bill writes to me: We are in the 21st century, get used to it
A very able teacher (we’ll call him Bill) from a South Auckland contributing school wrote to me saying: Sorry Kelvin I can’t agree with you on this one. We are in the 21st century, get used to it. The job … Continue reading
Attack! 119 The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance Part 2
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 Policy, Political
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling
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Attack! 118 The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance Part 1
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 Policy
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling
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Digital curriculum must be thrown out: educators must wrest from corporates
My source in the ministry says The Digital Technologies Hangarau Matihiko Curriculum Reference Group was dominated by technology corporates who proceeded to produce a fully-fledged curriculum abounding in steps and outcomes with a computer programme in preparation for teachers and the review office … Continue reading
What has apparently happened at Wairoa College (and the like at other schools) should never happen again
Part 1 I am calling for a parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate what followed Chris Allen’s appointment as principal to Wairoa College in June, 2015, and alleged subsequent actions and behaviour towards him. Chris Allen has now left New … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Ministry of Education, Political
Tagged BOT, Education, Education policy, ERO, Hekia, Ministry of Education, Politics
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The writers of the draft digital technologies have pulled a swift one
The writers of the document have taken over the purposes of education and this without any real consultation – I dismiss the validity of the discussion to come: one of the reasons is that the writers have been dishonest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Schooling
Tagged children, Curriculum, Education, Education policy, National standards, Schooling
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