Time to rewrite tropes on gender
Whenever I see Mark Latham in trouble my first reaction is to question his mental health. The latest episode was not different, it simply led me to question Sky’s health and safety policy and...
View ArticleEaster reflections on NAPLAN Online and Safe Schools
Easter signals a time of new beginnings, a celebration of the spring Goddess (antipodes). Some think of the Germanic Ēostre, the Greek Eos, or the Roman Aurora. There are other characterisations....
View ArticleFrom learning styles to semiotic resources
Like many, I was introduced to several theories of learning styles in the 1990s. Neuro-linguistic programming (Grinder, 1991) and experiential learning cycles (Kolb & Fry, 1975) were two that I...
View ArticleThe grassroots approach – being a Dave Grohl
Grassroots is a sought-after designation and is associated with an unfettered authenticity in communion with colleagues. Australian education has a grassroots tradition. As a junior teacher, I...
View ArticleLearning styles and bovver boys
I am increasingly concerned by bullying around learning styles arising from a so called globalised spontaneous movement I’ll call the UK Push. The UK Push into Australia is having a corrosive effect...
View ArticleRejoinders – Learning Styles and bovver boys
Comment one One “side” approaches T&L from a scientific POV, the other from a sociological POV. You won’t agree as you are arguing past each other. Rejoinder one To afford the UK Push the status of...
View ArticleEmpirical is only half of it
I am concerned about the UK Push’s emphasis on the empirical. While a focus on empiricism maybe understandable given contemporary proliferation of data (Behrens & DiCerbo, 2014), the historical...
View ArticleJust gaming – educational assessment and performativity
The use of technology-based games in educational assessment has implications for what is valued in education. The use of games shifts the focus away from seeking common understanding to strategic goal...
View ArticlePhilosophy of Education – the need for design patterns
I recently saw critique from the UK Push on John Dewey, Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Buner, Jean Piaget and Maria Montessori. The critique suggested that these historical figures hinder engagement with more...
View ArticleShould men or society stop the Harvey Weinstein’s of this world
There is universal outrage over Harvey Weinstein’s apparent behaviour in Hollywood, and so there should be. Of greater concern are claims that this behaviour is the tip of the iceberg, and indicative...
View ArticleHow Large-Scale Tests Affect School Management
Link to Podcast – TER #109 – How large-scale tests affect school management with Marten Koomen – 04 March 2018 Annotated Bibliography of Research Mentioned In Podcast
View ArticleModern Art, and the Art of Educational Assessment
The spheres of science, morality and art are a recurring pattern in sociology. Weber saw these spheres split into expert cultures as religion collapsed. Habermas refers to these spheres as the...
View ArticleThe NAPLAN online controversy is about a failure of meaning, and not about a...
Recent issues with NAPLAN online are more profound in nature than the usual botching of government technology. The controversy is not akin to the usual technical failures like those of the My Health...
View ArticleIf journalism can’t talk truth to politician’s behaviour, who can?
Julia Baird makes a sound case when observing “many women I know are really, really angry” over the behaviour of Luke Foley and David Elliott. As she observes, “powerful men can be extremely dangerous...
View ArticleMarten’s AERA paper
Deliberative democracy in educational assessment validation Paper presented at AERA Conference 2019 April 5-9, 2019, Toronto, Canada Session Title – Exploring Issues in Large-scale Assessments Marten...
View ArticleShould Hanson be driving the left?
Pauline Hanson captures the mood of a nation and expresses it poorly. She has endured where others have fallen, even though she continues to show poor political judgement, particularly in choice of...
View ArticleWhy Katharine Murphy is conservative
In today’s article (7 September 2019) Murphy laments a lack of coherence and plan across political parties with Labor and Kristina Keneally today’s target. While critique of both is overdue, that’s not...
View ArticleWhy Dr Naomi Wolf has the right to be heard, the creation of space
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View ArticleThe colonial British education academy
The enigmatic opinions of Vince Ulam were recently cited in an article by Steven Watson published in the Q1 British Educational Research Journal. Vince Ulam the scholar does not seem to exist, at least...
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