A thought-provoking morning on Radio NZ National
20/03/09 13:03
There were a couple of great items about education on the Nine-to-Noon programme this morning. For those (many) of you with an interest in education unable to listen to radio during those hours, you can hear the interviews here.
In the first interview, Mark Brown, principal of Nelson’s Victory Primary School talks about changes in his school over recent years; changes which are creating a real sense of community around the school. The school is placing the needs of its students (and their families) at the centre; it has made its spaces and resources available to the community and the community is in turn providing services to the school. I wonder how many others are doing similar work and if this might be the way of the future for other schools and communities.
Later in the morning, Kathryn Ryan interviewed British “creativity” expert, Sir Ken Robinson, who contends that we are educating the creativity out of our children to the detriment of our children and our society. He considers that in today’s world, creativity is every bit as important as literacy. If you’d rather see Sir Ken as well as hear him, click here for a video of a conference presentation, where he expresses similar thoughts.
In the first interview, Mark Brown, principal of Nelson’s Victory Primary School talks about changes in his school over recent years; changes which are creating a real sense of community around the school. The school is placing the needs of its students (and their families) at the centre; it has made its spaces and resources available to the community and the community is in turn providing services to the school. I wonder how many others are doing similar work and if this might be the way of the future for other schools and communities.
Later in the morning, Kathryn Ryan interviewed British “creativity” expert, Sir Ken Robinson, who contends that we are educating the creativity out of our children to the detriment of our children and our society. He considers that in today’s world, creativity is every bit as important as literacy. If you’d rather see Sir Ken as well as hear him, click here for a video of a conference presentation, where he expresses similar thoughts.
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