Opinion
Her latest show, Agent Anna, “rated its little tits off” when it aired recently on TVNZ, Robyn told EA, sounding for a moment like her Cheryl West character from Outrageous…
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Speaking to thousands of bibliophiles at the world’s biggest book fair, Joy Cowley praised the work of New Zealand teachers who “do not sacrifice creativity on the altar of conformity”.…
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How testing and choice are undermining education Diane Ravitch (Basic Books) Diane Ravitch – author, researcher and education adviser to…
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About twelve years ago, I was at Grand Rapids University, Michigan, talking to a professor of early education who wanted to visit New Zealand. He said he needed to know…
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Thorrington School Principal Paul Armitage: “We will make better use of the internet’s data-hungry multimedia, video conferencing and online learning tools. It will open the door on twenty-first century teaching…
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I was a shy little thing at school – a fact of which I am yet to be successful in convincing anyone these days – but it’s true. I was…
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[g1_quote author_name=”Joy Cowley (Autobiographical notes, 2010, para 2)” align=”center” size=”l” style=”solid” template=”01″] In the early years at school, I was a slow and struggling student and I could have added…
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It has taken a long time for us to learn that no fundamental change can be brought about in schools on a national scale unless the average teacher understands the…
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[g1_quote author_name=”John McIntyre” hide_author_image=”none” author_description=”Former teacher and children’s bookseller” author_description_format=”%link%” align=”none” size=”s” style=”solid” template=”01″] It is worth remembering, in a climate where everything now needs to be measured and tested,…
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