Monthly Archives: March 2012

A few challenges to the idea of “life long learning.”

Posted on March 15, 2012 by mwalker

Last week I was privileged to spend 3 days interacting with James Nottingham and others around the topic of life long learning. He made to me some valuable points worth exploring a little further. “tests show only what a child has … Continue reading →

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Kath says students acquire assets through inquiry focused instruction

Posted on March 4, 2012 by mwalker

Last week Kath Murdoch continued her work with us here at Elsternwick with a session on the “assets” students learn through inquiry focused instruction. From the outset let me be clear that I’m not saying students cannot acquire these dispositions through … Continue reading →

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Building Classroom Learning Communities

Posted on March 4, 2012 by mwalker

  One of last week’s walk-through foci was on classroom learning communities. These are some of the images I captured on the walk-through. At the start of each school year we as a staff and teachers in all classrooms expect to build … Continue reading →

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