A four-day school week?
Source: A four-day school week? This is a notion that I have thought about for many a time, especially as ANOTHER Monday morning looms into view. But this is mostly from an entirely selfish reason, and nothing based on any…
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The Other Side of the PaCT Coin
Last time I was here Last year I wrote an article about the Progress and Consistency Tool. I tried to take a fairly positive approach to it, and tried to advocate as best I could for schools getting involved. This…
Growth Mindset: What’s it all about
A lot has been made of this ‘new’ buzzword that is hitting our education shores. Any word with ‘Mind’ in it seems to be linked to being better as an individual. Growth mindset has been around for a while though.…
No to League Tables
“Have we introduced league tables? No.” Hekia Parata said this in a meeting at a school as she rattled off a number of things ‘scaremongers’ had said would happen in regards to GERM. This included things like Performance Pay. This statement…
Student Centred Learning
We’re all about the buzz words here, and this one is getting quite a bit of attention of late. What is Student Centred Learning? EdGlossary states that Student Centred Learning is a broad definition of a variety of teaching strategies,…
How to be the kind of parent teachers like – Nigel Latta
From: Politically Incorrect Parenting – Nigel Latta It’s really easy to be the kind of parent teachers like. And it’s really important. Imagine, for example, just before first class two mums come to drop off their kids for school. The first…
Copyright for New Zealand Teachers – The Creative Commons solution.
Back in June I was made aware of an issue surrounding Copyright and teaching. Essentially, any resources created for teaching, by teachers, are actually the rightful property of the Board of Trustees of that school. For any teacher to share…
Reliability of National Standards Assessments Called into Question
A recent report has cast doubts over the reliability of teachers’ National Standards assessments and rises in student achievement. It found that just 40 per cent of overall teacher judgments (OTJs) matched the ratings generated by the Progress and Consistency…
BYOD – Bring Your Own Distraction
BYOD – standing for Bring Your Own Device, has been around for a while now; ever since schools opened up their networks and went wireless, students and teachers alike have been able to access the wealth of information that is…
A picture is worth a thousand words
Today an article crossed my desk which was ultimately concerning. I didn’t like it. Partly it was written because of that feeling. But moreover, it seems to add credibility to the research completed by Dr. Protheroe which seemed to suggest…