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Education Readings This week featuring Sir Ken Robinson By Allan Alach I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz Here are some links to acknowledge Sir Ken Robinson who is currently in New Zealand. Sir Ken Robinson: creative thought leader in education Interview on Radio New Zealand on Sunday 4th March. http://bit.ly/2tCwJmY Summerhill School: learning as students choose Sir Ken referenced this school in his interview, so here is an interview with Zo e Readhead, daughter of A.S. Neill - a must listen . ‘Summerhill is an alternative free school in Suffolk, England, started by educational leader A.S. Neill in 1921. The pupils are free to come to lessons as they choose, and students and teachers have an equal voice in decision making.’ http://bit.ly/2tGrcfh Ken Robinson: Government “Standardization” Blocks Innovative Education  Reform “I never blame teachers or schools… But there is this deadly culture of standardizing, that...

Author of 'In The Early World ' possibly the best book written about education anywhere. .. Recently republished by the NZCER All school  should have a copy The life and times of Elwyn Richardson  and the history of creative education in New Zealand by Margaret Mac Donald  is also available. Margaret's   important book reveals the rich soil from which our best ideas and practices came. It is a timely reminder of what is possible , in an era when teachers feel increasingly shackled by forces beyond their control. In the mid seventies Elwyn visited Taranaki to meet up with teachers who were interested in his ideas about creative teaching. I have just come across some notes I made during a talk he gave in 1976 and published in 2007 before the introduction of National Standards which has distracted teachers.  His ideas still seem as relevant as ever . The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum Our latest 'new' NZ Curriculum sees students as, 'active seekers, users and cre...

Education Readings Creative teachers are the key to the future Readings to encourage a creative approach to teaching and learning. By Allan Alach I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allanalach@inspire.net.nz 6 Techniques for Building Reading Skills—in Any Subjec t Students need good reading skills not just in English but in all classes. Here are some ways you can help them develop those skills. My technique Bruce H !! 'Without a repertoire of reading strategies that can be applied to any text, students are being shortchanged in their education . In order to teach students to read effectively, teachers must be sure that they are not simply suppliers of information on a particular text but also instructors of techniques to build reading skills. Here are some ideas on how to incorporate reading skills lessons into a curriculum.’ http://edut.to/2t6JTZr Academic Sponge Activities A sponge activity is a lesson that soaks up precious time tha...

Teaching in a Modern Learning Environment (MLE) or an ILA – innovative learning environment or a FLE – flexible learning environment . Theme based on Hemmingway's Old Man and the Sea Teaching in a Modern Learning Environmen t (MLE) offers an opportunity to extend the educational opportunities that can be offered to students. To achieve anything that is more than an extension than which can be achieved in ordinary classrooms is the problem. Architecturally ‘opening’ out the classrooms will naturally make quite a difference to the learning situations for both learners and teachers.   Students will be able to feel part of larger more complex and initially exciting unit and this will apply to the teachers as well but for the teachers in particular will be the feeling of being in a team. This will allow teachers to share their problems and successes – and most importantly will enable a variety of organisational arrangements to be made imposable in self-contained classroom. Theme based ...