Bill English and Hekia Parata say that, despite the wind down of Learning Media, schools will continue to receive all publications, including the School Journal.We want to believe this but not everyone...
What a week of highs and lows in my perceptions of education leaders in New Zealand.On the one hand we received the NZ Principals Federation flyer in which Phillip Harding spoke of being interviewed by...
I read the recent PPTA research report on professional learning and development (PLD) with interest and then dismay. We knew the situation wasn’t good – we’ve been victims of it ourselves – but it’s...
I have been thinking about two recent conversations I’ve had with children to discover their thinking about understanding and learning. I was shocked at my assumptions about the prior knowledge they...
Streaming, broad-banding, ability grouping… whatever you call it I think it is damaging because it shapes everyone’s thinking. The people doing it and the people, usually children or adolescents, to...
It’s a funny old world we live in. This year’s Reader’s Digest survey on New Zealand’s most trusted professions put teachers 12th overall (out of 50), down slightly from 9th in 2009.Now you may...
My descriptive prefix of the moment, when thinking about education in New Zealand, is OVER and I’m truly OVER it.Over-assessmentOver-useOver-controlOver-egotism ...
Solutions offered for struggling students are varied and debated from all aspects of the political and educational spectrum. Judith Nowotarski, NZEI president, suggests two significant answers to...
