If any trend could be said to grow even as we watch, it would be the move away from what has been called 'social promotion': the current increase in policies that permit the retention of young...
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This item is about a major unfairness in the New Zealand school system. This unfairness persists year after year. It is built into the way in which young children are promoted out of the junior...
White haired, white coated, mixing chemicals in a mad desire to rule the world - why does this stereotype exist, persist, and can it be changed in school?
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Set1988_2_004.pdf Young people's judgements about social and ethical issues are influenced by developmental factors, by the demands of the context, by processing demands, and by the type of adult support that is...
Teenagers have a lot to say for themselves but are not always heard. During 1987, I set out to find out how teenagers see their lives - what they worry about, what they like, what annoys them and...
The classroom time can be divided up into a series of location times, for example in an infant class, seat-work time, mat-time and out-door time. Teachers expect different behaviour from the...
This article is about the stress you can experience in the face of disruptive and disobedient students. I shall briefly explain the different types of stress you may encounter and from my own...
This article describes a project which we hope gives some clear pointers to all teachers, and infant teachers in particular, about how
1. to gain and sustain the attention of pupils;
2...
The teacher who completes the daily attendance sheet, the school secretary who collates and enters the 'data' into registers or computers, the programmer who's ensured that the computer will...
Assessment in education serves several purposes. It can provide diagnoses of learning and teaching deficiencies. It can establish the level of achievement of a student or a group of students with...
Teachers and pupils see school work quite differently. Quality counts for teachers, but most children just want to finish. We can help by uncovering skills which are already enjoyed without the...
Teachers and pupils see school work quite differently. Quality counts for teachers, but most children just want to finish. We can help by uncovering skills which are already enjoyed without the...
No matter what we might like, home and school are held apart by lots of things. For example, by the fact that school is, in most cases, not just across the road. Or by the fact that school takes...
When children start primary school they acquire a range of learning strategies which help them to tackle school tasks. Strategies such .as checking instructions, and referring to books, charts or...
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Set1988_2_015.pdf What number concepts and skills do children have when they start school? How has their understanding changed after a year? How aware are teachers of what the children know? What number concepts...