Comments on: RELOADED: Modern Education is Rubbish Part 2. What Should We Be Trying To Do? http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/ A Blog About Teaching in Tough Schools in the UK Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:10:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Culbertson http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Michael Culbertson Tue, 13 May 2008 05:14:12 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/#comment-845 <a href="http://edu-cogitorium.blogspot.com/2008/05/narrowing-curriculum.html" rel="nofollow">Narrowing the Curriculum</a>: "Recent national education reform efforts here in the United States that require school accountability for student outcomes in reading and mathematics have received a considerable amount of push-back..." Narrowing the Curriculum: “Recent national education reform efforts here in the United States that require school accountability for student outcomes in reading and mathematics have received a considerable amount of push-back…”

]]> By: Chris Curtis http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Chris Curtis Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:22:02 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/#comment-73 Hampton Park Secondary College, in Australia, had an effective strong union branch, which helped it get the best teaching conditions in the state of Victoria. I have posted on some aspects of the school at: http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/05/ This is not directly on behaviour, but on giving the teachers time to prepare professionally - a minimum of 40 per cent of their loads, not the 10 per cent that apparently applies in the UK. I have put a few more thoughts, and some repetition, at: http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2571607&path=/school+management/&threadPage=1 Hampton Park Secondary College, in Australia, had an effective strong union branch, which helped it get the best teaching conditions in the state of Victoria. I have posted on some aspects of the school at:
http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/05/
This is not directly on behaviour, but on giving the teachers time to prepare professionally – a minimum of 40 per cent of their loads, not the 10 per cent that apparently applies in the UK.

I have put a few more thoughts, and some repetition, at:
http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2571607&path=/school+management/&threadPage=1

]]> By: oldandrew http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-68 oldandrew Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:06:22 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/#comment-68 "Do you know of any schools where a unified, unionised staff has actually bben able to make a difference?" All the examples I've heard of that come anywhere close to that have been in primary. In secondary the staff tend to join different unions and have no effective voice at all. Although individual union reps can be very helpful the unions on the whole are part of the problem rather than part of the solution, they are particularly prone to supporting the "levelling down" ideology mentioned above. “Do you know of any schools where a unified, unionised staff has actually bben able to make a difference?”

All the examples I’ve heard of that come anywhere close to that have been in primary. In secondary the staff tend to join different unions and have no effective voice at all. Although individual union reps can be very helpful the unions on the whole are part of the problem rather than part of the solution, they are particularly prone to supporting the “levelling down” ideology mentioned above.

]]> By: georgemonkey http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-67 georgemonkey Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:59:55 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/01/27/reloaded-modern-education-is-rubbish-part-2-what-should-we-be-trying-to-do/#comment-67 The shools you describe sound exactly like my school. I was wondering if you and your colleagues have tried union action. At my school, we are currently trying to move things in that direction. After all, Health and Safety covers the stress caused by abusive and aggressive behaviour. My school has many of the problems you describe, but I am quite convinced that a decent head, rather than the weak sap we currently have, could turn the place around in a year. Do you know of any schools where a unified, unionised staff has actually bben able to make a difference? The shools you describe sound exactly like my school. I was wondering if you and your colleagues have tried union action. At my school, we are currently trying to move things in that direction. After all, Health and Safety covers the stress caused by abusive and aggressive behaviour. My school has many of the problems you describe, but I am quite convinced that a decent head, rather than the weak sap we currently have, could turn the place around in a year. Do you know of any schools where a unified, unionised staff has actually bben able to make a difference?

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