Is there anything more unintentionally hilarious than a credentialled idiot wailing at a laughing, mocking room, “I have a PhD!”? As I often say, any fool can get a PhD, and many often do. Of course, a PhD used to be a signifier of serious intellectual commitment. Nowadays, it most
Republished from lens.monash.edu. A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On Tuesday, the OECD released a profile on education in Australia. Its findings follow headlines about student behaviour and a
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants (alwyn.poole@gmail.com) innovativeeducation.co.nz linkedin.com/in/alwyn-poole Our State schooling system, with some exceptions where there is a strong and academically focused leader, is in deep trouble. Indicators are: * Less than 50% of students fully attending. * Clear indicators of poor outcomes
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four … And if the party says that it is not four but five—then how many? George Orwell, “1984” Of all fields, those of us unburdened by a modern university education might be tempted to think that mathematics is
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there
The “coddling of the American mind” (indeed, the entire Western mind) and the progressive (in every sense of the word) dumbing down of the academy is not without consequences. Not just the rise in violent authoritarianism and constant attacks from ignorant children who’ve been told all their lives that
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Dominion-Post recently ran a lengthy article about a young couple who’s little bloke is about to start school. The guts of the piece was the need to build a new school in their burgeoning suburb, their lad for example, having to be driven
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants bassettbrashandhide.com Last week Amy Wiggins highlighted in the New Zealand Herald further test results for the NCEA co-credits to be introduced in 2024. These are three assessments that every student must pass before they can be awarded Level 1, 2 or 3 NCEA or
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.
Excuse me while I quietly chill the chambers and sling a bag of popcorn in the microwave. Australia’s unis are going broke. Oh, dear. How sad. Universities are swimming in a river of red ink following the financial market downturn, and the nine institutions that have disclosed 2022 results
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. With the school curriculum dominated by radical gender ideology and critical race theory, and every class a Maori language lesson, small wonder there’s no time to teach numeracy and literacy. Achievement in NZ education is plummeting, with
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
