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says our Prime Minister, John Howard. According to the Age article, PM criticises teachers stop work meeting in Victoria: “They shouldn’t be gathering in Melbourne on Thursday, they should be at school on Thursday,” Mr Howard told federal parliament. “it’s this kind of behaviour by teachers that gives government schools a bad name,” he . . . → Read More: Teachers should be at school Mr Howard said the government would continue to press its case for the need for an education system that is “built on traditional orthodox methods of instructions” I was interested to read this statement on educational policy from our Prime Minister, John Howard, recently. I mean, what are “traditional orthodox methods of instructions”? We were chatting about . . . → Read More: Orthodox Education to make a comeback Over the past year, a few of us on the TALO email group have been thinking about how Blogging might help governments – and specifically educational institutions – to connect more directly with the public… “talking with your customer”. After catching up on posts by friends I can’t help thinking that I’m suffering from Adultitus… Ian’s currently taking part in the 40 day escape plan (from Adultitus) and sounds like he and Jen are having lots of fun testing the effects of hair-care products on underarm hair or doing some extreme skipping… and here I . . . → Read More: The rich, the poor and public education As a new facilitator in Australian public education, I often feel a little lost for long-term direction – the educational landscape here seems to be changing faster than I can keep up – and often I can only look to the US system to see where I’m headed (for better or worse). Doug of Borderland posted “Deschooling . . . → Read More: What is my role as a ‘teacher’? |
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