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National Standards and What Education is ‘Really’ About
June 19, 2011
A podcast interview with Des Mann, founding principal of Green Bay High, about National Standards and what education is “really about anyway,” and an excerpt from his book, “Correspondences: The Shaping of a School”.
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The ADD Myth
June 09, 2011
A teacher, Peter Giddens, gives his take on the ADD epidemic affecting steadily increasing numbers of boys in schools.
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About School
June 10, 2011
This post includes a poem handed into a teacher by a senior in high school shortly before he committed suicide. It highlights the frustration of many students at school and unfortunately, mine too.
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Treat Children With Respect
February 12, 2011
No matter how caring we are with our own children, during unguarded moments of stress we can unwittingly re-enact the way we were punished or abused as children, terrifying and confusing not only our children, but also ourselves. What forms can this abuse take and how can we change the way we treat children?
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The 4 Most Important R’s
November 11, 2010
How different would this world be if we all took to heart and practised the Dali Lama’s three R’s: Respect for self. Respect for others. Responsibility for all your actions. But there is a fourth ‘R’ we also need to heed.
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National Standards and the Big “F”
November 06, 2010
Tough assessment standards in shools can create the opposite effect of what they try to achieve, leaving many children with in ingrained sense of failure that does not serve their highest school. This is what I discovered while teaching a class of fourteen-year-old boys…
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Child-Centred Learning: The day the rabbits came to school
October 14, 2010
Chattering excitedly, four children entered the classroom carrying boxes and a basket. I soon found out what was inside, for they could not contain their excitement…
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How Children’s Self-Esteem is Torn Apart
September 09, 2010
I learned from my students that low self-esteem was not only about parents fighting, other children being mean or calling them names, or even sibling hatred; it was also about not performing well in school. But when I dig a little deeper…
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What National Standards Can’t Fix
August 11, 2010
Bouncing excitedly onto the front seat of the car, her face glowing, words burst from her mouth, “I came second in the spelling test today!” “Why didn’t you come first?” her mother quipped curtly in reply. From the back seat I saw the instant mask of shame wipe all excitement from her face as if…
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