Value of parents praised By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN – The Press Parents are just as good as teachers when it comes to educating toddlers, an early-childhood educator says. Dr Sarah Farquhar, who presented her findings at the New Zealand Playcentre Federation’s Diamond Jubilee conference in Auckland at the weekend, said…
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PC warriors serve up a slanted education – Mark Lopez
http://www.leightonsmith.co.nz/Default.asp?s=Topics&id=5372 PC warriors serve up a slanted education – Mark Lopez IN her address to her union’s conference in 2005 the Australian Education Union president Pat Byrne openly acknowledged the ideological bias that dominates the school system. As she put it: “We have succeeded in influencing curriculum development in schools,…
Exemption – assessment
Tags: HOW TO GET AN EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL IN NEW ZEALAND Question: I have received a letter back from the MOE saying; “Please add to the sections on assessment, including your plans to set learning goals for………… and the evaluation of these goals over time in a planning and review…
Parents vs. Professionals
How can parents armed with only love for their child and good intentions provide an education anywhere near as good as a professional with a teaching degree? Ok, ok, I can already hear all you veteran home educators out there choking and gagging at this one. But let’s break it…
Read It and Weep
The many negative aspects of public schooling are well reported in the daily papers. Schools were also becoming seriously affected by social problems becoming in the worst cases mere baby-sitting services. Do you want your children to go to a school where social problems rule the programmes? –Massey University vice-chancellor…