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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Dear Vice-Chancellors
Dear Vice-Chancellors The posting-letter you will receive, or have received, is a factual story of https://networkonnet.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/hatties-research-is-false-vice-chancellors-asked-to-investigate-part-1/ the Hattie saga typical of my communications to teachers over a number of years, paying special attention to those who bore the erroneous burden … Continue reading
Hattie’s research is false: Vice-Chancellors asked to investigate Part 2
The falseness of Hattie’s research is not difficult to explain; only a few aspects are complex. But everything about Hattie’s research is false except for some opinions which, while they may be true, are also false, because he claims them … Continue reading
Posted in Hattie
Tagged Academics, Education, Education policy, ERO, Hattie, National standards, Politics, Schooling
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Hattie’s research is false: Vice-Chancellors asked to investigate Part 1
5 April 2018 … Continue reading
We’ve turned the classroom into a spaceship Part 2
It was interesting to listen and watch the reactions of the group members when choices had to be made from their own submissions. By trial, error, and much discussion we established a lay-out for the spaceship. This stage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum
Tagged children, Curriculum, Developmental, Education, Schooling, Science, Teachers
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We’ve turned the classroom into a spaceship Part 1
It was late 1989, and this was one of my last undertakings before I resigned from the prospect of Tomorrow’s Schools to argue for something very different, an alternative symbolised by what follows. We’ve turned the classroom into a spaceship. … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Curriculum, Developmental, Education, Schooling, Teachers
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