Monthly Archive: June 2011

More ACARA consultation 0

More ACARA consultation

There are times when I wonder who at ACARA is listening: I suppose we’ll find out when the Arts business is settled.   Online consultation opportunity – General capabilities There are seven general capabilities...

John Hattie on the role of the teacher 0

John Hattie on the role of the teacher

As usual, John Hattie’s advice is sage and – most importantly – research based. Mind you, Steve Dinham has had something to say recently about the balance with direct teaching. Better find Joh’s latest...

My Top 30 Albums 0

My Top 30 Albums

Trying to find my Top 30 albums of the last 25 years. Dang, not so easy. That makes the cut-off, well … bugger it, let’s make it 1985. So what do I think, in...

What might have been” RIP Bobby Kennedy 0

What might have been” RIP Bobby Kennedy

Another anniversary: I remember the day so well. What a different world we might have had with some real leadership. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and...