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Teacher Diary teacher identified
A lot of teachers read Teacher Diary, but not many responded to the invitation to send an e-mail to find out the name of the teacher involved, so here it is; the name of the teacher is... more
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A huge development against national standards
After significant deliberation, APPA recommends that its members cease to attend training around the implemnetation of the National standards.... more
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Memo to John Gerritsen: The media, you, and education
To set an example to other media, this posting is a plea to Radio NZ to give John Gerritsen the freedom and scope to lift coverage of education to an even higher level. It is not a plea for partiality; it is a plea for seriousness and depth; it is a plea for giving education the kind of analysis that a rugby test, Melbourne Cup, or share-market trend receives. Leaving aside Radio NZ, teachers and children deserve better than the rubbish being served up at the moment. The cliché goes that education is crucial to the importance of the future of this country: my challenge is for Radio NZ to make that cliché fresh and vital by acting on it as a guiding principle.... more
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There aren’t any Eskimos either
Do I need to do much on Maori culture, there aren't any Maori in my class?... more
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I was there (undercover) - NS Trainers Conference Feb 9-11, 2010
One of the most difficult parts was at the very beginning. I thought dyeing my hair was a simple matter, but it is an illusion that you can turn your hair grey to black, just like that, or at all. The final effect was a mousy colour that, when photographed (with the group who agreed to allow me to surreptitiously join them for the conference), came out reddish.... more
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NS Monitoring Project: A kick in the teeth
It is hard to believe, though, that when the research group was working on the design they weren't aware to some degree of the two elephants in the room: the Hawthorne effect and the blinkered research focus.... more
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Recommendation: No to NS Monitoring Project
I have just read the letter sent to schools which outlines the structure of the project and the way it will be carried out. I am most disturbed, but not surprised.... more
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Terry Crooks: Mixed message
In responding to national standards, ethical and democratic concerns seem to have eluded the sweep of the radar of many quantitative academics. If quantitative academics want to improve teachers' ability to 'refine their judgements' in using standardised tests, why to national standards, and why in the context of imposition, high stakes, and bureaucratic direction? Is this an appropriate context or, at the least, an ideal context? Why can't even one of the quantitative academics say something unambiguous about this? Make a clear statement on principle?... more
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Is Visible Learning disappearing?
Well you fell on your face didn't you smarty pants?... more
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How corrupted is our education system?
Talk to South Island Association Intermediate and Middle Schools Annual Principals' Conference, Wellington, 2010: Our education system is out of balance, lacking sufficient checks and balances, creating an environment in which certain participants feel free to act blithely, unscrupulously, autocratically, and without due consideration for some other participants, namely teachers and children. When a lie is told, a distortion is advanced, arrogance is displayed, unethical behaviour occurs, a little bit of what is there for teachers and children dies. At a time when we are trying to rebalance our economy, also our social and cultural relationships, we should be acting smart, but we are acting dumb.... more
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