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Have you ever had an idea that seems totally original and derived entirely from your own thinking, but actually turns out to have be quite well established when you look for information about it? This happened to me with evidence based education. For some time now I have applied critical thought and skepticism to all facets of [...] Humans have an amazing ability to believe things in the face of overwhelming evidence against them. Frequently it seems that the more outrageous the claims made about a phenomenon or product the more people will flock to it. Such claims are often made about treatments for diseases such as homeopathy, faith healing, chiropractic or reflexology and [...] Parts I and II explored the beliefs of Creationists, primarily that God created the universe, the Earth and all life upon it. Part III will examine the motives of Creationists in pursuing their agenda of embedding Intelligent Design into the public mind and mainstream science. To establish their motives we need look no further than the Discovery [...] I went to professional development session today on the use of interactive whiteboards ran by the company that makes SMART boards. These devices have been seen as the next big thing in education for the last few years. In the place where education meets technology there is a continuously changing succession of gadgets deigned by the [...] The teacher’s pay dispute in Western Australia wears on. Since the offer by the Department of Education and Training on July 21 the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia has accepted the offer “in principle” and put the matter to a vote by its members. To recap the highlights of the deal include: pay rises of [...] Not two weeks ago the Department of Education and Training of Western Australia made a pay offer to teachers that was little short of insulting. In it the DET offered nothing more than the paltry 14% they had previously offered and sought to reduce conditions by foisting a one-hour compulsory, out of hours staff meeting per [...] It came as a surprise to many, myself included, that the Department of Education and Training released the long anticipated Twomey Report or, more formally, The Education Initiatives Taskforce Report. The taskforce was set up to examine “continuing education staffing shortages forecast for the years ahead” its “prime objective was to consider the supply of, and demand [...] Today’s West Australian newspaper reports on the decision by the Industrial Relations Commission yesterday. According to the newspaper the State School Teachers Union is still considering strike action in order to apply pressure to the Department of Education since, at least in the opinion of Anne Gisborne the SSTUWA president, an offer can still be made [...] I am not sure how I came across the musings of UbuntuCat. His byline seems to be fundamentally opposed to Atomac’s skeptical, atheist, Apple-loving rhetoric given that he is a Christian Linux user, but he writes some excellent stuff. In Teach kids computer skills, not computer programs he argues that the standard rationale for the use of Windows [...] It has been a few months since I wrote about the pay dispute that teachers in Western Australia are engaged in with the Department of Education and Training. Since I outlined the position the changes that have taken place can be summed up in one word – nothing. The situation is far from desperate but things are [...] |
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