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We now have a new government in New Zealand led by the dynamic Jacinda Ardern. Chris Hipkins Chris Hipkins -reviewing education i s now the new Educational Minister and, as promised, the National Standards have gone and there is to be a review of education signalling the biggest change since Tomorrows Schools (1986). Schools now have a great opportunity to add their voice to the educational debate – a voice that had been side-lined by the previous government. For those schools that seem unsure about what to do now that National Standards (and all the associated testing and accountability demands) this is the time to search out and dust off the 2007 New Zealand Curriculum and put it into practic e . The focus the past years on literacy and numeracy has solved nothing. In the 70s New Zealand was at the top of the international tables in literacy and doing well in mathematics. Now we are 32 nd in the international reading tables. 2007 and  earlier 93 Curriculum The 2007 NZC pro...

Time for teachers to add their voices to the debate 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 Yesterdays Schools Chris Hipkins ,  the new Minister of Education, has announced that there is to be a review of the New Zealand education Tomorrows Schools (1986) system. Not before time. How Children Learn Bravery in an Age of Overprotection Peter Gray : ‘I doubt if there has ever been any human culture, anywhere, at any time, that underestimates children's abilities more than we North Americans do today .  Our underestimation becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, because, by depriving children of freedom, we deprive them of the opportunities they need to learn how to take control of their own behavior and emotions. ” http://bit.ly/2sBgXIL Reasons Today’s Kids Are Bored At School, Feel Entitled, Have Little Patience & Few Real Friends ‘ I completely agree with this teacher’ s messa...

With a new government in NZ time to think out of the box! Education Readings By Allan Alach If you are a creative teacher who has not yet read Bruce’s article below “Creative teaching:Learning from the past - John Cunningham teacher 1970s” I really suggest that you prioritise it. I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz ‘The Cult of Hattie’: ‘wilful blindness’ ? Yet another ‘debunking’ of Hattie - got the message yet? Debunking John Hattie ‘Unfortunately, in reading Visible Learning and subsequent work by Hattie and his team, anybody who is knowledgeable in statistical analysis is quickly disillusioned. Why? Because data cannot be collected in any which way nor analysed or interpreted in any which way either. Yet, this summarises the New Zealander’s actual methodology . To believe Hattie is to have a blind spot in one’s critical thinking when assessing scientific rigour. To promote his work is to unfortunately fall...