Monthly Archives: August 2011

Asian Languages in Schools: in decline!

Posted on August 21, 2011 by mwalker

This week our school was featured on an ABC show (Newsline – Language Barrier)reporting the decline in Asian Languages taught in schools. The show pointed to the low numbers of students continuing their language studies in VCE [which is our … Continue reading →

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For those who have had some trouble getting technology to work.

Posted on August 15, 2011 by mwalker

  Some times you just need a laugh and this appealled to me. Thanks to Greg Carroll for this one.

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“learning as a social process through which understanding is achieved”

Posted on August 7, 2011 by mwalker

The title of this post comes from a book titled “Schools and Communities: working together to transform children live’s” by West-Burnham, Farrar and Otero. Pictured above is George Otero, a co author of the book and Co-President of the Relational Learning Centre … Continue reading →

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