Professor John Hattie asks if teachers in their critical role as change agents, are too focused on the short term horizon - national standards, literacy and numeracy - when they should be focused on using literacy and numeracy to engage more students in the pursuit of learning.
Professor John Hattie asks if teachers in their critical role as change agents, are too focused on the short term horizon - national standards, literacy and numeracy - when they should be focused on using literacy and numeracy to engage more students in the pursuit of learning.
Professor John Hattie asks if teachers in their critical role as change agents, are too focused on the short term horizon - national standards, literacy and numeracy - when they should be focused on using literacy and numeracy to engage more students in the pursuit of learning.
In this EDtalk, the leadership team at Stonefields School in Auckland discuss the thinking they have done about the future of schooling around NZ and globally. They have looked at research and predictions, and talk here about how education can be, not just how it has always been. The key mantra at Stonefields School is to 'think big and be brave'.
Marg McLeod, CORE Education Project Director for ICTPD, talks about the need for change in NZ secondary schools. Marg believes we must free ourselves from current mental models and focus on enabling learning rather than assessment outcomes.
John Hattie, Professor of Auckland University's Faculty of Education and Director of asTTle, calls for clear policy and professional debate to accompany the new National Standards. He describes three issues associated with National Standards in other countries and urges teachers to be 'change agents for the system'.
