Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 8 of 18 New Zealand’s universities are responsible for much worse than screwing up the education of a few bank CEOs. As an illustration of just how poorly our
Christine Braid Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education Massey University Anyone watching the debate over the National Party’s recent curriculum policy announcement could be forgiven for thinking there is a deep divide in education philosophy and best practice in New Zealand. The truth isn’t quite that
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Defeating false narrative with reason and logic In fact, they are very different. Fortunately, if you search online you can still find information about the principles of critical thinking if you know what to look for. You’ll see information about argument theory, the concepts
Bob Thompson The recent news that Te Pukenga needs $500 million to help with the amalgamation, got me thinking of a better way. A couple of the things that the creation of Te Pukenga was going to solve were: * Reduce costs. Polytechnics were continually losing money. Some were doing OK
Vision New Zealand Leader of Vision New Zealand, Hannah Tamaki, says the Refresh of Sexuality and Gender Curriculum now being pushed through our education curriculum and management of schools HAS GONE TOO FAR. “This is not education this is indoctrination of our children with liberal ideologies that 69 per cent
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Defeating false narrative with reason and logic Albert Park in Auckland is beautiful at this time of year. The students at the nearby universities are privileged to have such a treasure on their doorstep. It is a wonderful place to sit, to listen to music,
Going from bad to worse. The official start of the national polytech (Te Pukenga) merger was 01 January 2023. As Education Minister, Hipkins promised to take a good look at the dire situation last year as admin and costs ballooned and the new crown entity seemed to struggle to get
Family First familyfirst.org.nz This story highlights one of the many dangers resulting from gender ideology in schools. A traumatised girl of 13 says she dreads returning to school after being attacked by a boy in a gender-neutral toilet. She was left battered and bruised after he tried to
In an episode of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Dimitri the janitor at Caltech Physics Department effortlessly shows up “genius” Sheldon Cooper at the 29th Annual Physics Bowl. To the dumbfounded Sheldon, Dimitri explains that, “Here I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist. Leningrad Politechnika.” For
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
Thomas Sowell, an American author, economist, social theorist wrote “Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.” That is so, so true, you could be excused for thinking it was written about New Zealand’s education system!
Even before the Covid pandemic hit, my son found himself doing his university degree online. Except that he wasn’t enrolled as an online student, he was an on-campus student. An ‘on-campus’ student who was lucky to have one hour a week on campus. One of the main reasons for
Lily the Pink The University of Otago wants discussion regarding its latest visual identity proposal. We believe The Big O concept is a winner. So much so, that it could become an umbrella theme to honour diverse aspects of university culture. “A place of many firsts.” Love it! For many
Some years ago, I worked in education support at a Year 11/12 school. I was shocked to hear teachers so often complaining of students who could barely read or write. Then I studied journalism at university — and was even more astonished to continually read other students’ work riddled with
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
