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Time to get rid of testing and introduce  more creativity  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 Clay in school ‘Primary-school children find clay a wonderfully tactile medium to tell their stories. The manipulation of clay has a universal fascination for children. When given a tennis-ball sized I wonder how many students explore clay ? Such fun to be so creative. piece of clay they immediately poke, squeeze, stretch, and roll it into a variety of forms. They add or pull out legs, arms, wings, and horns.  With pinched out lips, noses, scales, buttons and attached pellet eyes, hair and spikes, their clay models possess a directness and dynamism that only this process can provide.’ http://bit.ly/2tL4DFM Toddlers begin learning rules of reading, writing at very early age, study finds ‘New research suggests that children as young as 3 already are beginning to recognize and follo...

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 Ivan Snook: Assessing teachers - a plea for caution ‘In recent discussion of teaching in New Zealand it has been assumed that the achievement of students and schools can be directly attributed to the work of teachers . In its most na ï ve form, the claim is made that "good teachers" (that is those whose students achieve good grades) should be singled out (and somehow rewarded) and those who do not should be identified (and somehow punished). The report points out how wrong-headed this proposal is since it takes no account of the nature of the students or the progress they may make over a period of time.’ http://bit.ly/2tEFI1Z Lifelong teachers require slow-burn training ‘New modern learning environments, increasing diversity and the ever-changing world of technology demand new skills and knowledge from teachers. How should we prepare teache...

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 'One of the most frustrating things I’ve ever been forced  to do as a teacher is to ignore my students  and concentrate instead on the data' Teachers Don’t Want All This Useless  Data ‘ One of the most frustrating things I’ve ever been forced to do as a teacher is to ignore my students and concentrate instead on the data.’ http://bit.ly/2u7mXZl Is teacher burnout contagious? ‘ Burnout among young teachers appears to be contagious , indicates a new study. It found a significant link between burnout among early-career teachers and exposure to both a school-wide culture of burnout and burnout among the young teachers' closest circle of colleagues.’ http://bit.ly/2uPihF1 M aking Cyberschool Creepier Looking forward to the ‘digital curriculum’? Maybe you should read this . ‘Do you think that cyber-education is just kind of creepy, with studen...

Moving from an industrial aged education system 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 What’s Going on Inside the Brain Of A Curious Child? Thanks to Michael Fawcett for this one . ‘Blackwell, like many others teachers, understands that when kids are curious, they’re much more likely to stay engaged. But why? What, exactly, is curiosity and how does it work? A study published in the October issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that the brain’s chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information.’ http://bit.ly/2trl1YV 8 Ways The Internet Has Changed Learning A Language Thanks to John Hawthorne. ‘It’s no secret that the internet has changed everything , from shopping to friendship to entertainment to music. The internet is also revolutionizing the process of learning a new language . It’s opening many options that never existed twenty years ago. This i...