A reflection on the AEF’s National Conference
Over the last 2 days I was fortunate enough to attend the Asia Education Foundation’s (AEF) National Conference in Melbourne. Along with close to 500 other educators from around Australia …
Putting the G in ‘Genius’
Inspired by my recent visit to the headquarters of Google, Microsoft and Intel in the United States, I returned to school keen to recreate the supportive atmosphere created by these …
A cold blooded reminder about the purpose of education.
I am sitting here in Oregon, USA in complete shock this morning. I woke up this morning and went down to the breakfast room as normal. The TV was on …
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Australia’s ‘disaster’ in Education
I have just finished reading this article from The Age newspaper labeling Australia’s education system as a ‘disaster.’ Below is my response to the article that states our system is failing behind the …
What Australia can learn from Singapore’s education system
This blog post was originally posted on my other blog thelitladies.edublogs.org (a joint blog I have with Anne Rochford) According to OECD’s much talked about PISA testing, Singapore is …
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The ‘write’ to choose.
I have just been speaking to my mum on the phone about a boy she works with at school. She wanted some advice on a situation that occurred with him …