Author: Christopher Bounds

How about these responses to Jensen? 0

How about these responses to Jensen?

Some of these letters are priceless: all a response to the rant from Sydney’s Anglo-Baptist leader! Remember— Same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy, says Jensen Leesha McKenny The Sydney Morning Herald 11 Jun 2011...

links for 2011-06-12 0

links for 2011-06-12

NSW Secondary mathematics teachers battered by a ‘perfect storm’ « 21st Century Learning I need to read this with some care because of the comments about the teaming of literacy and numeracy. Might link...

SMH Letters: responding to Hattie 0

SMH Letters: responding to Hattie

Oh God, the teachers in  these letters (The Sydney Morning Herald SmartEdition) just prove Hattie’s thesis! and the lay people show why we are always pushing shit uphill.   I read with interest Professor...

Oranges and Sunshine 0

Oranges and Sunshine

The Sun Herald article on Child Migrants is worth a read this morning. We saw Oranges and Sunshine last night and were moved and depressed in one moment. Wonderful performances but a heart-breaking story, so of course...

links for 2011-06-11 0

links for 2011-06-11

Prezi – The Zooming Presentation Editor (tags: education ICT digital_revolution teaching) 2011_forecast_update.pdf – Powered by Google Docs This is worth a read, because it highlights the gulf opening up between educators, policy makers and...

Ben Johnson’s Birthday 0

Ben Johnson’s Birthday

Garrison Keillor posted this on Writer’s Almanac, which is a great tribute: Hymn to the Belly by Ben Jonson ROOM! room! make room for the bouncing Belly, First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;...

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...