tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post5922870126793405423..comments2024-03-29T20:08:42.437+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: VomitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-85451277960457392652009-06-23T22:01:42.647+10:002009-06-23T22:01:42.647+10:00This is why we need market forces operating in edu...This is why we need market forces operating in education.<br />How do private schools teach their students? They have to get results or they go bust. Do they use all these new techniques? I think not.daddy davehttp://www.empiricist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-11304746087023770452009-06-23T16:48:50.277+10:002009-06-23T16:48:50.277+10:00They can cost a bomb, too.
http://www.uq.edu.au/ne...They can cost a bomb, too.<br />http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=7163 <br /><br />WV: medorat<br /><br />hmmm.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-22848033710755231802009-06-23T13:46:46.217+10:002009-06-23T13:46:46.217+10:00PS - kids are like the AN/PRC-25. They can recieve...PS - kids are like the AN/PRC-25. They can recieve info, or they can transmit it - but they can't do both at once!Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-37391013224684379412009-06-23T13:42:45.470+10:002009-06-23T13:42:45.470+10:00Junior is a great talker. As the old saying goes,...Junior is a great talker. As the old saying goes, he could talk the leg off a wooden chair. His teachers give him rave reviews for topics where he has to talk.<br /><br />Trouble is, he doesn't have an "off" button. I'll give you one recent example as to why I like silence.<br /><br />His performance in maths has been rubbish. J sat him down the other night and took him through his most recent topic. Everytime he tried to flap his gums, she told him to shut up.<br /><br />Test results went from 12% to 86%, just like that. He does not learn effectively if his lips are moving. We need to do everything possible to remove the need for him to yap whilst learning - then he learns very rapidly, and very comprehensively. He's very smart, but very gobby. <br /><br />If I recall, a section also communicates mainly by hand signals!Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-77136755992589127392009-06-23T13:27:01.343+10:002009-06-23T13:27:01.343+10:00Whether we like it or not the world has changed an...Whether we like it or not the world has changed and it won't go back to how it was when you & I were at school.<br />Teachers have to react to this - silence in the classroom may work in some situations - but there is a place for collaboration. A rifle section is a very good example of effective collaboration.<br />This is interesting - http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/GREMIN.html1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-46405216985729554892009-06-23T13:23:57.101+10:002009-06-23T13:23:57.101+10:00We have one old games console, and it has been bro...We have one old games console, and it has been broken for at least 2 years. We also have no plans whatsover to get it fixed or replaced.<br /><br />I have one very old computer game on my PC that Junior only gets a few hours on over the weekend - and only then if it is pouring with rain and he has tidied his room.<br /><br />If he wants to play a game, he can pick up his tennis racket.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-18616370068497750142009-06-23T12:13:07.773+10:002009-06-23T12:13:07.773+10:00What is of far greater concern is education models...What is of far greater concern is education models have to change to counter the wii-generation. Gen x and part of gen y were still fairly good readers, and read enough as kids to establish the neural pathways to entrench it as a learning method. Kids coming through these days have spent so much time with a game controler and flashing images in front of them that they are seriously concerned how to deliver learning content to them in a tertiary setting.<br /><br />Imagine getting your Maths 150 in either PS2 or XBOX format!<br /><br />bigtones<br /><br />wv:chilin - as in what are we going to do with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com