It is a fact that there will be fewer and fewer children at school as the 1980s go on. The prospect is felt by teachers as a threat both to their job security, and also to the quality of education...
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How long should a young person continue at school? Should they remain and risk educational failure or should they leave and risk unemployment? Every year in New Zealand thousands of young people...
The development of the educational system has been checked or deflected from time to time as the result of crises in the country's economy. What parts of the system were especially affected and to...
Spelling research is making good progress. Two of the areas it is finding very fruitful are:
1 an examination of the words children write - and subsequently misspell;
2 investigation...
Jean Piaget died, at the age of 84, just over 2 years ago. As with all great contemporaries, a balanced assessment of the long-term significance of his contributions will emerge only gradually...
How can education help to break down unnecessary sex-stereotyping of school subjects? The issue was much discussed in the 70s. The 'Catch 22' situation in the diagram was common and it was...
Starting the year on the 'right foot' is the key to effective classroom discipline. Obviously, of course, naturally - now tell us something new. Well, what's new is that a school can indeed design...
Are kids in secondary schools misbehaving more frequently? Do they have less respect for teachers? Do they have less respect for authority? Is what teachers do contributing to the problem? How...
A man once owned a dog which was inclined to jump over the back fence and enjoy the delights of the neighbourhood. Deciding that he needed a new fence around his yard, the man was confronted with...
One of the most striking characteristics of classrooms since the Industrial Revolution to the present has been ~he large number of pupils within them. At no other 'stage in their lives will young...
'Who are you?' said the caterpillar. Alice replied rather shyly, 'I -- 1 hardly know, sir, just at present -- at least 1 know who 1 was when 1 got up this morning, but 1 must have changed several...
Whatever else defines the truly computer-literate educator, he or she must be critically aware of the message that most educational software currently available is not worth the medium it is...
Despite hard times the information explosion continues. As a result, professional people who aim to be well informed and abreast of current developments find that the task becomes more burdensome...