Julie Boyd Education- AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP© Julie Boyd 2012 Traditional models and theories of leadership are not necessarily helpful in a contemporary world. One of the challenges for educational leaders is in the realisation that education can no longer be quarantined from our broader society and environment. A theory of leadership derived from principles of ecology calls for a radical [...]
- Teacher Performance Measures: A Reflection
- Stephen Heppell talking to Marc Prensky about the role of the teacher in todays world.First posted on http://edupln.ning.com/video/marc-prensky-what-is-the-role-of-the-teacher-in-todays-world?xg_source=shorten_twitter
- Why Teachers are Leaving the professionThis story shows how, and why, NOT to improve teacher performance through standardised test links to merit pay. A very salutory story. Terrific story by a brave ex-teacher. A teacher’s story: Why the DC Impact system Bloomberg wants NYC schools to emulate caused me to leave teaching First published on, and well worth a visit [...]
- Finnish Education – what the fuss is all aboutRespected American journalist, Dan Rather, reports on what the fuss is all about over Finnish Education. It’s interesting that this is exactly what was happening in Australian schools in the 1990s. It is the greatest failure of Australian political advisors that this was not pursued, but rather our cultural cringe had us looking to America [...]
- The Flipped Classroom -newly invented – but used in Austalia 20 years agoThe Flipped Classroom Original post by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. at http://wp.me/pKlio-cq Due to Khan Academy’s popularity, the idea of the flipped classroom has gained press and credibility within education circles. Briefly, the Flipped Classroom as described by Jonathan Martin is: Flip your instruction so that students watch and listen to your lectures… for […]
- Why Public School Teachers are Occupying Wall Street5 Reasons Why Public School Teachers are Occupying Wall Street The classroom and the boardroom are often seen as dissimilar spaces. In classrooms, there are students and teachers; two groups of people that have the most insight on the current debate about what to do with the broken education system, but whom have rarely been [...]
- The Simple Complexity of Childrens ThinkingThe biggest mistake many teachers make is to assume that students think the same way they do. As once said by the brilliant Bob Samples author of one of my favourite books ‘Open Mind, Whole Mind ‘ If I force the child to see the world in the narrow patterns of my history and myperspectives. [...]
- Schools Built from Bottles, Not BricksGuatemalan Schools Built from Bottles, Not Bricks Zak Stone The cost of building new classrooms and schools shouldn’t prohibit students in the developing world from accessing a quality education, but new construction, even using inexpensive materials like cinder block, can run up a five-digit bill in construction costs. Now, Hug It Forward, a nonprofit […]
- iSad – Memories of Steve Jobs – for my Grandkids“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – #SteveJobs http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/cartoons Here’s to the crazy ones: a farewell to Steve Jobs by Michael Rose We knew. We may not have wished to know, and perhaps it was easier to push away that sense of impend […]
- AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Tag Archives: global warming
Bolivia, Pachamama and Climate Change
A beautiful piece by the brilliant young Chloe Maxim on how the issue of climate change is viewed in Bolivia. With young people who understand as deeply as this, one would like to think the planet is in good hands. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Bolivia, climate change, global warming, Mother Nature, Pachamama, Quechua, United States
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Richard Milne separates skepticism from denial
Dr Richard Milne from the University of Edinburgh has published an entertaining and educational lecture ‘Critical Thinking on Climate Change’. He explores the nature of science and genuine scientific skepticism while managing to pack in more cartoons, animations and jokes than … Continue reading
Why, indeed we should all paint our roofs white
Why painting your roof white won’t help #climate change … just in case you were thinking of doing it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/27/white-roofs-global-warming?newsfeed=true Response by Dr Paul Taylor In the article, http://tinyurl.com/3um2znt , it might be sensational for Jacobson to say, painting your … Continue reading
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Tagged Air conditioning, Atmosphere, Black carbon, Fossil fuel, global warming, Greenhouse gas, Jacobson, Roof, Stanford
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Forests dying – loss of key climate protection
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/science/earth/01forest.html?_r=1 The Forest for the Trees: In Arizona, trees are cut down to save forests from massive fires and to combat climate change. By JUSTIN GILLIS Published: October 1, 2010 WISE RIVER, Mont. — The trees spanning many of the … Continue reading
Jan Cameron of Katmandu installs conservationist as woodchip mill manager in Tasmania
JanCameron is an amazing woman appoints conservationist to run woodchip mill in Tasmania tinyurl.com/6bamy4j tinyurl.com/27ru3em One of Australia’s wealthiest individuals gives away much of her fortune each year. She is best known as the founder of retail chain Kathmandu, which … Continue reading
Fight against Climate Change must be directed against Transnational Corporate Greed – environmentalists
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/07/06/fight-against-climate-change-must-be-directed-against-transnational-corporate-greed-environmentalists/2/ According to IBON data, TNCs account for 50 percent of all oil, gas and coal extraction and refining. Only 10 TNCs account for about 41 percent of world production of oil and gas, … Continue reading
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Climate debate deserves more than hysteria and populism.
A terrific article by Barry Jones – possibly the most brilliant man I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking to. First published in the National Times Australia http://twitter.com/NationalTimesAU ————————————————————————————————————————————— Labor has not explained the climate change problem with conviction. The … Continue reading
A gap in the denial of climate change science
Terrific article by Nicole Hodgson first published in http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2778378.html ——————————————————- For climate change ‘sceptics’, denialists, contrarians or what Barry Jones recently called ‘confusionists’ to be right about the science of climate change, an alternative reality must be both plausible and … Continue reading
If Catastrophic Weather Events Don’t Get Us, Irrationality Might. How Language Changes our Choices
Whether people accept manmade global warming as real may depend on the weather outside that particular day, a new study finds. Weather and climate The study results suggest that because global warming and climate are complex and long-term trends, people … Continue reading
Sea Level Rise
As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas Scientists long believed that the collapse of the gigantic ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica would take thousands of years, with sea level possibly rising as little as seven inches in … Continue reading
Apocalypse Right Now
From Dr Paul Taylor: All these events quote below, and more in the article, are already in progress, and destined, due to human induced global warming. The incontrovertible warning signs of impending catastrophe (melting glaciers and ice caps, thawing tundra … Continue reading
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UK artist Banksy on Global Warming Sceptics
ABC Drum on On the origin of the sceptics http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41292.html