Archive for July, 2009
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
I co-presented at the international conference in Singapore on instructional leadership and the use of data and other strategies to improve student learning. After the session, which was cut short, there were a number of questions asked by delegates on the presentation and I said I would share the paper and ...
Posted in 2009 Singapore Conference, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Certainly one of the more challenging speakers at the recent World Convention of Principals was Kishore Mahbubani. For those not familiar with Kishore or his work, and I was one of them, he is currently a Professor in Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and has published 3 significant books as ...
Posted in 2009 Singapore Conference, Leadership, Teaching, Travel, Uncategorized, school | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
I have just returned from the 9th World Convention of the International Confederation of Principals in Singapore. It was truly an international convention with1,400 delegates from over 40 countries. It was also an opportunity to meet up with old friends and colleagues like Sita, who I first met whilst studying ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Victorian students are required to learn a language other than English up until year 8 and for many years our students learnt Italian. This year after extensive community consultation we choose to change the language to Chinese - Mandarin.
The main reasons the community selected Mandarin include:
Australia is viewed geographically as part of ...
Posted in Chinese Language, Teaching, school | 7 Comments »
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
I have just caught up with the interview of Sir Ken Robinson on the ABC 7.30 report on schooling and creativity amongst other subjects discussed. Warrick Wynne has managed to create a direct link to part 1 of the interview on his blog.
The interview is a must see for all ...
Posted in Uncategorized, Video Clips, parenting, school | 2 Comments »
