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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 “Differentness twice over” – what do we know about multi-exceptional learners in our schools? ‘ Multi-exceptional learners are the students in our schools and centres who are both highly able in a particular area or areas but may still have learning, behavioural or physical difficulties or impairments . So, for example, a young person who is extremely intelligent academically may yet have a specific learning disability (SLD) such as dyslexia, or a student may be exceptionally able in the performing or visual arts but have a sensory processing disorder or be diagnosed with ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).’ http://bit.ly/2sQkIaP Reform & New Zealand Education: Why we need to look in our own back garden….. ‘So wh...

Educational malpractice 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 Want to get rid of bullying? Get rid of schools ‘The Victorians created schools to produce people to run their empire. Educator Sugata Mitra said these people must be so identical that you could pick one up from New Zealand and ship them to Canada and they would be instantly functional. The system was so robust it is still with us today, continuously producing identical people for a machine that no longer exists.’ http://bit.ly/2kIrWZU Why Children Aren't Behaving, And What You Can Do About It ‘ If we respond to our kids' misbehavior instead of reacting, we'll get the results we want . I want to take a little of the pressure off of parenting; each instance is not life or death. We ca...

Check out Austin's butterfly drawing lesson - the secret of excellence 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 Bad PD is Sometimes Your Own Fault ‘Professional Development/Learning is to teachers what school is for many students . Ask a random group of students what they think of school and you’re sure to get answers related to boring or worse. it’s almost cliche. It’s also kinda cool to say school sucks.' http://bit.ly/2L963hE Contributed by Bruce Hammonds: The Architecture of Ideal Learning Environments Think this would be worth sharing. Although I am critical of aspects of it, it shows what's coming, ready or not . ’ Wiring the entire school —including the outdoors—is necessary, architects agree, and projectors, screens, and sound systems are mig...

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...

Returning to the early world of creative education Elwyn Richardson 1925-2012 He toi whakairo he mana tangata – where there is artistic excellence there is human dignity . Back to the future 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. But sinceTomorrows Schools things have changed .   Today schools have been distracted by assessment, achievement data and measurement by standards.   The evidence is becoming clear in our rush to towards achieving measurable results children’s curiosity has been eroded. As part of this change educational decision making has shifted from innovative teachers to political imperatives and their non-teaching policy makers . Today ‘flexible learning environments’ and access to modern information ...