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Time to value creative teaches Education Readings By Allan Alach I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz Shifting Needs in a Digital World ‘ Our kids need to learn the responsible and safe use of digital device s. They need to learn not only balance but also boundaries. And as parents and educators that means modeling limits and responsible use. What message do we send our kids when we ourselves are not present but instead distracted by the device in our hands, instead of focusing on them? Technology is a tool, and with it comes a means to powerful connectivity and knowledge, but in the end, it does not replace the importance of human interaction, face to face conversations and personal relationships.’ http://bit.ly/2s3Qejh Thirty Minutes Tops A nice little satire . ‘As a parent, I really cannot cover everything I want my kids to learn from me in the four hours I have them at home. I really like my kids teachers and I r...

Do we need to be more creative in our schools? Prologue – the failure of the current approach For three decades educational provision has been influenced by neo-liberal politics beginning with the establishment of Tomorrows Schools . Introduced by the Third Labour Government all schools were made self-governing controlled by locally elected School Boards of Trustees and encouraged to compete with each other. No other country has devolved its schools to such an extent. A New Zealand National Curriculum was later introduced that required schools to be able to account for student’s achievement over a range of learning areas ; essential skills , possibly the most valuable aspect of this new curriculum ,unfortunately were neglected as schools focussed their energy  assessing students against an impossible number of learning objectives. The tasks asked of schools were all but impossible and a more enlightened New Zealand Curriculum 2007 was introduced by a Labour Government and  t...

Education Readings By Allan Alach I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions ‘ Emotion is essential to learning, Dr. Immordino-Yang said, and should not be underestimated or misunderstood as a trend , or as merely the “E” in “ SEL, ” or social-emotional learning. Emotion is where learning begins, or, as is often the case, where it ends. Put simply, “It is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don’t care about,” she said.’ http://nyti.ms/2sX85g0 Let’s Stop With The Worksheets And Create Engaged Readers ‘Picture a classroom full of youngsters. They could be darling, chubby-cheeked kindergartners or swaggering, confident high school seniors – or anything in between. Can you see them? Now, picture this class engrossed in reading.  What does being engrossed in reading look like? What does it sound like? What evidence exists that true, engaged r...

Education Readings By Allan Alach I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz Pass on to creative teachers you know Helicopter Parents Are Raising Unemployable Children ‘Helicopter parents are in the news a lot these days. These are the parents who can't stop hovering around their kids. They practically wrap them in bubble wrap, creating a cohort of young adults who struggle to function in their jobs and in their lives. Helicopter parents think that they're doing what's best for their kids but actually, they're hurting their kids' chances at succes s. In particular, they're ruining their kids' chances of landing a job and keeping it.’ http://bit.ly/2sv2EED The Reading Achievement Gap: Why Do Poor Students Lag Behind Rich Students in Reading Development ? ‘ What has become clear over the past 35 years is that low-income students learn as much during each school yea r as do middle-class students (Alexa...