What is of concern is that we not only have the largest tail of underachievement in the developed world but also our high achievers are under performing as well . See free pdf 'NZ's Education Delusion' , by Briar Lipson for stastistical data on this.
I am not against decreasing class sizes but a much more important issue is an overhaul of the curriculum and pedagogy (methods of teaching). Standards in reading ,maths and written work are simply appalling.There needs be a drastic change in teaching ...
Progressive educationalists like Beeby were not short of lofty sounding rhetoric but in practice giving everyone an education is not what they achieved in practice. The catastrophic disaster we have in education this century with plummeting standards is ...
I have been a reading and maths tutor for 40 years and have seen disastrous mistakes made by both political parties, It is academics and MOE with ridiculous theories as well, who are responsible for the destruction of our once world class education system ...
When I was at primary school in the middle of last century at an ordinary decile school and class of 33 students in NZ there were no autistics ,hyperactives, dyslexics, nor anxiety ridden classmates. When we had round robin reading in the class every ...
MSM has failed to mention the catastrophic decline in literacy and numeracy standards this century in NZ. These are related to the crime and truancy rates Statistics tell us two out of three students who fail to achieve proficiency in reading standards ...
Hi Patricia,anecdotally I know of students from Asia,who fail to attain entrances to their own universities but come here and achieve honour passes. To some NZ is seen as a soft option. However the NZ Initiative have produced a free pdf "The NZ Education ...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sold-a-story/id1649580473 Here are some facts: Two out of three students who do not achieve proficiency in reading will end up in jail or welfare. Literacy (and numeracy ) standards in NZ have plummeted this century on...
Certainly, pedagogy is both the art and science of teaching. Unfortunately the current W.L. dominant in N.Z. has stubbornly ignored the science, Choosing suitable books,materials and fun activities for students as well as teachers who can cajole,motivate ...
My mother, Doris Ferry taught in poor areas in Dunedin state primary schools in the 1930s and 1940s. As a primer teacher she said you lost grading if you did not have every child reading with a reading age of seven years by the time they were seven years ...
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