Here are the highlights from Learning Edge in January 2019. As always, let me know if you have questions you’d like me to delve into. Happy reading!
Hobsonville Point Secondary School
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This is the first article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. You can also find articles on Hobsonville and Karori Normal School here.
At one point during my visit to Swannanoa School,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the second article on Karori Normal School.
The beauty of NZ’s National Curriculum is that can be tailored to any community. Everywhere I went in New Zealand, the principals all said the same thing…… Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with several articles on Karori Normal School.
Karori Normal School (KNS) was the first school I visited in New Zealand. (Normal refers to a relationship with a college of education to offer teaching opportunities and mentoring to student teachers.) As always,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the fourth article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School.
One of the questions I asked at every school I visited in New Zealand was how they developed the instructional & assessment capacity to support Overall Teacher Judgment,….. Read More
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The se ries on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with a third article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School.
“If you don’t find what knowledge or skills are missing and fix it, the kids aren’t going to want to go to class,” emphasized Maurie Abraham,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
Once in a while, I walk into a “classroom” and freeze. It is so hard to orient myself because there is so little that looks like the traditional school with the teacher in front, students at desks, and tables waiting for direction. I slowed down as we walked through the cafeteria at Kuna Middle School,….. Read More
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In recent years, there has been a lot more talk in Education about the science of learning…… Read More
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The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the second article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School.
One of the three principles driving Hobsonville Point Secondary School (HPSS) curricular design is Connections. It starts with creating a culture, environment, and structure that strengthens relationships…… Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
The American high school diploma is a powerful benchmark, but a very weak credential. We want every teenager to walk across the stage to get their diploma. But what the diploma actually means is highly questionable. Some students receiving a diploma can barely read,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
All the photos of students actively engaged in learning are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
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