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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Attack! 38 To pair or not to pair?
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
Yes – we are in an education mess
If these were different political times, in other words, Labour had been the government, the response to the research findings of a government-contracted firm declaring that something is very wrong with the level of education knowledge and skills of so … Continue reading
Attack! 37A Resource pack Toi Taketake: Belonging Here
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Attack! 37 Some examples of activities for a ‘feeling for’ social studies unit emphasising the early and middle stages 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
Targeted funding allocation the same yearly amount as the asset attempt on Rangiora
As far as National education budgets are concerned, teacher organisations get what it costs the government to get them off its back. That cost was obviously nothing, as the school allocation is going from $13.9 billion to $14.2 billion; a … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Education policy, Ministry of Education, NZEI, NZPF, Politics, PPTA, Schooling
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The six introductory paragraphs to a post-election posting in 2008: how did I do?
National: Smoke and mirrors? Part 1 This posting (Parts 1 and 2) will explain why Nationals heavy-handed ‘tail’ and assessment policies will not only fail in their specific objectives but also have a serious effect on an already tense and … Continue reading
Attack! 36 Some examples of activities for a ‘feeling for’ social studies unit emphasising the early and middle stages 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
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Ladies and gentlemen: in the bout between Peggy and Hekia we have a winner
The commissioner in a newsletter said she had scoured the documents at Rangiora High School for proof that the school held titles under ‘High School Reserves’ and the Education Lands Act, 1949. She couldn’t, she declared, even find reference to … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry of Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Education policy, Hekia, Ministry of Education, principals, Trickery
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Attack! 35 The ‘feeling for’ approach to social studies: it can be transformative Part 3
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
Rangiora: ‘A Parent’ used a false email address
This has just about become standard when the ministry or members of the community are on the hunt. One can only speculate for what motivation and under what circumstances ‘A Parent’ almost certainly chose to use a false address – … Continue reading
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