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Education Readings By Allan Alach Every week Bruce Hammonds and I collect articles to share with teachers to encourage a creative approach to teaching and learning. I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz Teacher strike. Put yourself in teachers' shoes ‘Teacher strikes are an inconvenience to parents for all of one day but I wonder if those who moan have really put themselves in the shoes of the teachers . Have they asked why they're doing it? As the teachers say, they are doing it for the future of our children. ’ http://bit.ly/2r2TBIp Our teachers earn apples and oranges so let's bring back the 1970's way of offering them free housing ‘The day the teachers went on strike, someone put a simple graphic on Facebook. It set out two sets of salary numbers.: MP $18,000 - Teacher $17,360; Today: MP $160,024 - Teacher $78,000. This was something I'd been lamenting for ages, possibly even in this column: when ...

The Taranaki Environmental Approach  of the 1970s Last week I was at a meeting attended by Andrew Little Minister of Justice in the Labour Coalition Government. During our conversation iot arose that  I had taught Andrew's secretary in the mid 70s! I said I would find a photo for him to pass on to her. I remembered that there was a photo of his secretary in an article I had contributed to an N ZEI  Forwards to Basics   book edited by Jack Shallcrass in 1978 Jack was a well known commentator on progressive educationalist at the time and contributed regular article to the NZ Listener The purpose of the book was share the range of successful educational practices in primary schools . Jack writes in the preface he had 200 contributions and I remember him visiting my classroom at this time . Jack wrote  encouragingly about the quality of the teaching he was privileged to observe . Maybe its time for a modern version of his book? My own contribution took the form o...

Too many experts Education Readings By Allan Alach Every week Bruce Hammonds and I collect articles to share with teachers to encourage a creative approach to teaching and learning. I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net. nz The Snares And Delusions Of Education Research ‘ In the end, when it comes to research, only one thing matters. Does it work when a teacher uses it in her classroom? If the question comes down to, "What are you going to believe--the research or your own eyes?" most teachers know which one they're going to choose.’ http://bit.ly/2JOIrTx Dare we disturb the universe? ‘Those who have worked in schools will know the timetable controls everything – who learns what, when and with whom. Often in schools, the person who wields the most power is the one who is in charge of timetabling . Get that wrong and the system ends up coming to a grinding halt.’ http://bit.ly/2yn1wGO With Student Trauma, It...

From Elwyn Richardson - Rooster and hens .  Education Readings   By Allan Alach Every week Bruce Hammonds and I collect articles to share with teachers to encourage a creative approach to teaching and learning. I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz Time again to focus on teacher creativity - the legacy of Elwyn S Richardson Bruce’s latest article – a must read . ‘There was a time when New Zealand  primary education was internationally recognised for placing the learner at the centre of learning . When education was driven by a belief in the creative power of the learners themselves; when learning was based on the internal and external lives of the children.’ http://bit.ly/2kcHV2h How is philosophy of education useful to education? ‘Philosophy of education is sometimes assumed to be a rather abstract discipline that is somehow removed from the ‘real’ practice of education – but this has not been my expe...