Island Life: Good on ya, Paula
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Bennett meant this to happen, she meant to discredit, she must have known . . .
Well yes, assuming that Bennett's her own woman. I don't believe that's the case, any more than Brash as leader was his own man. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she really did bang those two dorks' heads together at the shopping mall, rather than the incident being a beatup by some PR flack who'd been watching too much Outrageous Fortune.
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And one more thing they've ditched in education: Artists in Schools
My sister, who's a high school art teacher, is working hard on a campaign to save this.
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And at Massey, word is that students are no longer being encouraged to do journalism. Damn shame, really - when I started my degree I was planning on doing the post grad journo year, with an eye on sub-editing. On my last 3 papers now and I have no frigging idea what I'll do ... and I used to be a painter, too. You'd think i would have learnt and done something truly useful like investment banking, aye.
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Wee closed shop there e Kerry-
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All these enrichment programs are victims to the back-to-basics drive of the last few years (in NZ and elsewhere). It's what I meant when, in response to Paul Litterick, I said "residualised" public sector. The schools of last resort.
Do you think there will be a substantial move to on-line learning? Seems quite a sensible idea to me (glories of new media etc), but I figure that won't go down too well with those who view schools as glorified holding pens.
Looks like culling country schools is back on the agenda too - there's eight recommended to close in the Tararua district (Dannevirke to Masterton approx.) reported in the Dom today.
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O, how sweet!
Weta Workshop has scored $5.8million in government funding...Despite loud noises by the outgone prez of NZSA, the Authors' Lending Fund is still below what it was 2 years ago...
books DO bring people & $$$ to ANZ! As art does!
It's not anywhere as large or spectacular as movies/dvds but it does contribute...
(whimpers out into the growing dark*)* a very impressive low swinging in over the Tai Putini/Tasman Sea-
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All these enrichment programs are victims to the back-to-basics drive of the last few years (in NZ and elsewhere).
Paul I don't entirely agree with this with regards to NZ education. I would say the back to basics drive here started as soon as National were voted in and they began to instigate their standards regime which will mean schools will have to focus on numeracy and literacy standards and then report on them. A pretty narrow focus that may preclude schools from exploring creativity. It's also at odds with the new curriculum which has as it's vision the creation of Confident, Connected, Actively involved lifelong learners. A curriculum that is viewed overseas as one of the best in the world. Mind you over the past few weeks the poor showing of the AB's and warriors has me thinking maybe I should be setting standards for PE with my class of 5 year olds.
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On-line learning cannot replace physical teacher/student scenarios
(try learning any martial art online- and believe me, any art form, from poetry to sculpture, has that physicality in it-) -
when I started my degree I was planning on doing the post grad journo year, with an eye on sub-editing
Pity. The Herald could use a sub-editor. Or at least someone to tell them that Steve Chadwick is a woman.
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O-rats! -TAI POUTINI! The older name for the Tasman Sea.
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Do you think there will be a substantial move to on-line learning? Seems quite a sensible idea to me (glories of new media etc), but I figure that won't go down too well with those who view schools as glorified holding pens.
The federal Australian government is certainly working towards more use of ICT by giving all Year 9 - 12 students a wireless laptop by 2012. I'd point out all the limitations and caveats if it weren't for my reliance on regular paychecks.
Looks like culling country schools is back on the agenda too - there's eight recommended to close in the Tararua district (Dannevirke to Masterton approx.) reported in the Dom today.
My memory is that NZ has a very high number of small schools... would you mind if I left it at that?
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Wee closed shop there e Kerry-
yeah, I think you might be right about that. And from what a lecturer was saying the other day, Massey is looking to ramp up the online extramural thing. maybe ditch actual internal classes (for Arts papers) in the not-too-distant?
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Whimpering people cant do good GARKs-
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Tony, thanks for that. I'm not so in touch with NZ trends but I do know that curriculum development in NZ is well regarded in Australia.
And perhaps my comments better reflect what's happening in Australia. I've got a kid about to start school, a good public school, but I get a little concerned when the conversation with parents focused too much on the new National Assessment Plan which tests kids at Years 3, 5 and 7. My own is that frequency of national assessment will crowd out the potential for student-centred learning.
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I'd point out all the limitations and caveats if it weren't for my reliance on regular paychecks.
Heh. Don't mind me, I've come under the influence of New Media evangelists this semester - it's like Mark Harris on steroids - all this talk of clouds processing, cyborgs etc. My poor old brain struggles to encompass it and I constantly critique it for loss of necessary human ways of being. No escaping it for the young 'uns though.
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My poor old brain struggles to encompass it and I constantly critique it for loss of necessary human ways of being.
May I suggest hitting these people on the head with Katherine Hayles' How We Became Posthuman? The hardcover edition has really sharp corners.
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"future generations will be stupified by "the postmodern orthodoxy that the body is primarily, if not entirely, a linguistic and discursive construction." from
Hayles reviewthat's my kinda thinking! Thanks for the antidote.
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That's pretty much my favourite quote of hers. Also, Erik Davis is a God.
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Thats a bit like decaffeinated coffee, why would anyone sign up for that?
I think the extramural enrolments outnumber the internals already. A lot of history papers are extramural, some exclusively, and plenty of English papers are extramural now. Better interactive online forums make it more viable - and 2-3 day contact courses mean you can knock off a couple of papers around work commitments etc. It's not as good as actually attending - I did half of my degree extramurally.
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ART IS PRACTISE
I can understand all the above if you want to be an academic or a critic- but - screaming again
ART IS PRACTISE
and you cant be a good teacher of art unless you've been there & done that-may I add cooks into the broth?
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future generations will be stupified by "the postmodern orthodoxy that the body is primarily, if not entirely, a linguistic and discursive construction
No could someone explain what that means... that in the future we'll all be laughing at postmodernists... how long do I have to wait?
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No could someone explain what that means... that in the future we'll all be laughing at postmodernists... how long do I have to wait?
Bearing in mind that Hayles is far from dismissive of Postmodenism overall, I think the future she describes in relation to that particular contention of hers is here already, thanks in no small part to her own work. The book's ten years old.
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and, chuckle, cooks live everyday-
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And I supressed all those giggles for so long god dammit.
Back to online learning for a moment, it seems there's meaningful consideration given to what can and should be learned online, not just an faddish, cost-saving approach (and often the cost savings aren't great). People in my line talk about "authentic" learning environments and simulation... it's why there's a resturant at most polytechnics... a lot of the learner support, what I experienced as study groups and tutorials, however is increasingly online... doesn't suit everyone fof course.
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Let me not knock certain kinds of on-line learning: I have learned as much about archaeology on-line as I have from books (but not quite so much as when I carefully, under due conditions, excavated a moa skull at one of the tribsl beaches, and later, was involved with a university excavation of a site in the Catlins ( "Midden Mine" is the story that came out of those eperiences.)
BUT
you cannot learn cooking online!
You can learn recipes - but you CANNOT LEARN FOOD.
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