Posts by Peter Martin
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I will not teach to some Tolley standard - I want my students to be so much better than that.
*Ouch*
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Given our appalling literacy and numeracy record
Och take a look at the last PISA results for just reading literacy and see where we place on the league table of nations. Because it is all about league tables now...isn't it?
And for extra credit name the logical fallacy that is the quote.
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I'm sorry if this sounds a little cryptic but;
How should one treat a child who has been told that their efforts are below average/standard ?
There was a time 81, when exams did this to half the candidates...
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Any bets on how long before the Maori Party divorces the National /Act government?
In support of their agreement with National,Mrs Turia said :
“We face difficult economic times, the causes of which lie beyond our shores. The global economic downturn will particularly affect Maori people and workers. We are determined to minimise the harm caused by the predicted recession, and we believe our approaches to social and economic development can make a difference.
Some could argue there has to be some pain for some to gain...
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Gosh, Metiria Turei is fantastic.
Indeed she is. By far, the best of the bunch from here.
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Political expediency 4. Science 0.
The climate change stance is just fucking embarrassing. *sigh*
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I wonder where the Nat/Act Policy came from? Ummm?
I think, Ian, perhaps they tendered it out in some sort of public/private policy partnership.This is what ya get when the lowest tender is accepted. ;-)
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A teacher writes of the No Child Left Behind
policy, predicated as it is, on testing. -
How do feel about some sort of annual test which measures your child against a hypothetical average?
I find it a waste of time Ian.I fully agree with your comments. I think a 'test' that gives an indication of one's child's strengths and weaknesses fine.That in turn gives teachers a point of reference and something to focus on. But Key has said that a testing system will be such that :
Schools will have to explain to parents in plain English how their child is doing compared to these National Standards and compared to other children their age.
Couple that with any sort of performance remuneration and teachers will be teaching on how to pass tests and that alone. Just as they do in the US because of the 'no child left behind' policy.
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Yes thank you Giovanni, we are a part of that.
Meanwhile at education HQ the folk are now busy deciding teachers will weigh the cow rather than feed it...
It is all rather surreal...