As I was driving home from Peter Pan (which was fantastic - good work Director Karen) last night, I caught this talk "Smart Talk: Education and Innovation" on National Radio. It is well worth a listen but is 50 minutes in length, so you may need to wait until the holidays. I thought the discussion on National Standards and the future of schools was especially enlightening (and raised some concerns about the purpose and benefit (or lack thereof) of National Standards).
Professor John Hattie, Head of Education at Auckland University, best-selling author Gordon Dryden and trailblazing principal Charmaine Pountney, recorded at the Auckland Museum in May 2010. Finlay Macdonald is in the chair. Audio from Documentary on 27 Jun 2010.
Some downloading tips: Click on the link above. Scroll down the page to number 5 (there are other interesting talks which you can also download and listen to later). Click on the link and then save to a folder. On my laptop when I came to open the audio file, I had to right click on the file and open with Windows Media.
Reading: Using responsibility to improve behaviour
Professor John Hattie, Head of Education at Auckland University, best-selling author Gordon Dryden and trailblazing principal Charmaine Pountney, recorded at the Auckland Museum in May 2010. Finlay Macdonald is in the chair. Audio from Documentary on 27 Jun 2010.
Some downloading tips: Click on the link above. Scroll down the page to number 5 (there are other interesting talks which you can also download and listen to later). Click on the link and then save to a folder. On my laptop when I came to open the audio file, I had to right click on the file and open with Windows Media.
Reading: Using responsibility to improve behaviour
