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Comment on Talk-ED: Back in the USA! by Dave Guerin

Dave Guerin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:13:30 +0000

Good luck Stuart – I agree with your goal of disseminating knowledge entirely :)

Comment on Pathways-ED: Appreciating today by thinking a little about yesterday by Richard Jones

Richard Jones — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:19:02 +0000

Tributes for Sir Paul Holmes have been flowing in with politicians, television and radio personalities and everyday New Zealanders paying their respects.

Comment on Pathways-ED: Appreciating today by thinking a little about yesterday by Wayne Dreyer

Wayne Dreyer — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:48:16 +0000

Stuart
Well said I really enjoyed your comments this week -as usual right on the mark

Comment on Pathways-ED: Appreciating today by thinking a little about yesterday by Albert Fitisemanu

Albert Fitisemanu — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:33:58 +0000

Enjoyed your comments and agree 100%. Not to forget the many “indigenous” role models that shaped and influenced this nation who have been forgotten or otherwise ignored.

Comment on Talk-ED: Change in Auckland without the shake by Camilla Highfield

Camilla Highfield — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:49:09 +0000

Interesting comments from Stuart Middleton re changes to education in Auckland

Comment on Talk-ED: The inevitable drift north for the education system by Dave Guerin

Dave Guerin — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:55:33 +0000

Stuart, the flipside to your post is that education within Auckland will have to change too. For instance, we might have new schools, extra buildings on existing schools (building out playgrounds?) or two shifts a day.

Comment on Pathways-ED: Accentuate the positive! by Kate Shevland

Kate Shevland — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:54:57 +0000

Very pertinent points. It’s not much use looking at part of a system, the whole philosophy needs to be considered.That said, I’m sure there is more potential to focus NCEA courses carefully into these
suggested pathways , using year 11 to 13 to prepare for post school training.
M o E is already moving towards this with its five vocational pathways
but as in much of the Finnish system , it is the extra reource, the
individual guidance that probably is a key to success. I’d like to hear more about this aspect and how it operates in Finland, as I can’t see much below year ten here changing ,

Comment on Talk-ED: Rdg btwn lines – Have we lost the plot? by martin ball

martin ball — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:11:15 +0000

For a couple of decades now, we have allowed the ICT mangers to take over writing composition, ie children working with computers but without touch-typing. The only purpose of the medium we are using now is that a keyboard is FASTER than writing. Schoolchildren have indeed been henpecking the keyboard all this time. Is it any wonder their composition skills are deteriorating?

Comment on Talk-ED: Rdg btwn lines – Have we lost the plot? by patricia McGee

patricia McGee — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:22:35 +0000

Lifting results in writing may be as simple as tweaking the way we assess writing. Initial results from the new e-asttle writing rubric seem to indicate this.

Comment on Pathways-ED: Teach First New Zealand or First Teach New Zealand by microsoft

microsoft — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:51:39 +0000

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this. And he actually bought me dinner due to the fact that I discovered it for him.
.. lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thanks for the meal!

! But yeah, thanx for spending some time to talk about this matter here on your website.