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TheSchoolDaily for Tuesday, 07 May 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION NEWS STUDENTS BAULK AT LOAN PROPOSALS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12664 Government proposals to restrict access to student loans and set repayment deadlines are demoralising, says the New Zealand University Students' Association. The New Zealand Herald reports... PRESCHOOL CENTRES JITTERY AT PAY PARITY http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12663 Up to 70 per cent of private and community-based preschool and daycare centres risk losing their licences because they do not have enough trained staff, say representatives of the sector. The New Zealand Herald reports... CLASSROOMS HIT BY WEEK OF STRIKES http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12665 Teachers at high schools in lower Northland and much of the Bay of Plenty will stage rolling strikes today, and at South Auckland schools tomorrow reports the New Zealand Herald. OECD REPORT SLATES EDUCATION SYSTEM http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12637 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) slates almost every aspect of New Zealand's education system in its latest report, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. "The detailed report into New Zealand prepared by the OECD paints a very ugly picture of what has happened since Labour tightened the state stranglehold on the education sector ... SURVEY REVEALS HIGH AWARENESS OF DRUG DANGER http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12638 More than half Canberra's secondary school students had tried smoking at least once in their lifetime - but over 90 per cent agreed that smoking was harmful to their health, according to the results of a survey published by the ACT Department of Health and Community Care ... HUGE BOOST TO WA TEACHER NUMBERS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12640 Premier Geoff Gallop and Education Minister Alan Carpenter have announced what is believed to be the biggest-ever injection of extra teachers to Western Australia's public school system ... WHEN THE STRESS IS ON FEAR OF FAILURE http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12651 A new Australian study suggests parental and societal pressure is to blame for self-sabotaging behaviour that is common among high school students. The Australian reports... THE DUBIOUS HONOURS CLASS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12649 They may have degrees and are heading for good careers, but this year's crop of British graduates owe more than any group before reports the Guardian. YOUNG SCOTS WHO THINK COTTON COMES FROM SHEEP http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12650 What came first; the chicken or the egg? Do not ask Scotland's urban schoolchildren - almost a third are not even sure where eggs come from reports UK's Guardian. POET, 17, IN ESTEEMED COMPANY http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191259a10,FF.html KERI HIGH'S NEW $1.1M ARTS CENTRE OPENED http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191274a1800,FF.html SICK FRIEND PROMPTS WALK http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191654a1500,FF.html 'FUNKY' TEMUKA ON STAGE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191956a2022,FF.html SCHOOL'S OUT AS TEACHERS STRIKE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1192052a1640,FF.html GORDON 'SERIOUSLY' CONSIDERING QUITTING POLITICS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1192063a1934,FF.html NEW PRE-SCHOOL WELCOMES CHILDREN http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191996a1940,FF.html BELATED 'BREAKFST WITH THE STARS' http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1192099a3840,FF.html EDUCATION SQUABBLE MAY HURT NZ http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191255a11,FF.html 'BEAUTIFUL' DOG TO BE PUT DOWN AFTER MAULING SHEEP http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190497a1501,FF.html KERI KERI KIDS TAKE THEIR SCHOOLS TO THE US http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191302a1927,FF.html HEALTH OF KIWI PRE-SCHOOLERS IN SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191242a1915,FF.html AOKAUTERE'S TWINS ARE ON A ROLL http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1191307a1900,FF.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain - New Zealand Cities http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12643 Find out which New Zealand province each of the following towns or cities is in: 1. Blenheim 2. Masterton 3. Hamilton 4. Invercargill Answers... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEACHERS Export Education Levy Proposed http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12646 The government has proposed a levy for export education providers to support a continuing programme of strategic development for the industry reports the office of Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey. Adapting for online delivery; selecting the right technology http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12603 >From the Toucan House Online Ed. Updater: It goes without saying that whatever technologies are used, they have to be effective training tools. Previous Updaters have detailed how to determine the profile of the learner and what the training is designed to achieve, you're now in a good position to make an effective decision on appropriate technologies .. 1999 ACT Secondary Schools' Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSAD) http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12639 * Summary results relating to the use of alcohol: * Preventative and promotional programs/measures for youth alcohol use in the ACT: * Summary results relating to the use of illicit drugs: * Preventative and promotional programs/measures for youth illicit drug use in the ACT: * Preventative and promotional programs/measures for youth tobacco use in the ACT: * Summary results relating to sun protection: * Preventative and promotional programs/measures to promote sun protection in the ACT: Astro's e-News - the electronic newsletter of GlobalNet.2000 http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12604 In this issue: GlobalNet News - Peace Token Project; For Kids - Getting on well at school; For the Adults- Involving kids in issues; Just for Fun - Harry Potter games; Issues for Today- Middle East conflict ... Teachers.net Gazette: 'Rules Vs. Expectations' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12642 'Promoting Learning' by Dr. Marvin Marshall. Expected behavior is more effectively achieved through the use of standards than rules. A common practice in this country is to establish classroom rules, either by the teacher or by the teacher and students cooperatively. Rules are necessary in games, but in relationships rules are counterproductive. Although the establishment of rules has good intentions, their implementation often produces deleterious effects. When Johns Hopkins University researchers analyzed data from more than 600 of the nation's schools, they found six characteristics associated with discipline problems ... Ms Morris, it is not your job to tell teachers what not to do http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12645 An official list of 24 things that British teachers should not be expected to do has been proposed by the pay review body for public sector workers. Worse, Estelle Morris, the Secretary of State for Education, has accepted it. The forbidden tasks range from the blindingly obvious, such as photocopying and accounting for lunch money, to the frankly silly, such as putting up examples of pupils' work on classroom walls, which many conscientious teachers would rather do themselves than leave to classroom assistants. This is centralised control gone mad... Government Decisions On Top/Youth Training Review http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12647 New Zealand Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey released the Government's decisions arising out of the Review of the Training Opportunities and Youth Training programmes last week. Boost For Pacific Education http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12648 New education funding for Pacific peoples will be included in Budget 2002, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Mark Gosche have announced. Alpha 112 "Renewable Energy And Climate Change" http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12568 ALPHA 112: "Renewable energy and climate change" is the first Alpha in the 2002 series. Co-authored by Associate Professor Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University, and John Adams, New Zealand Science, Mathematics and Technology Fellow 2001, this colourful publication discusses greenhouse gas effects and the links with climate change ... Teachers' duties to be cut http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12644 UK teachers will be freed from more than 20 administrative tasks under an independent review of their workload to be published on Wednesday... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEARNZ2002 'Mountains of Mana' - Aoraki/Mt Cook and Auckland Volcanoes - register now! http://www.learnz.org.nz/2002/ Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com For school audioconferencing POLYCOMs are essential http://www.learnz.org.nz/polycom/ LEARNZ-Nepal 'Mountain Connections' - for New Zealand schools - register now! http://www.learnz.org/nepal 'Read and Write 5.0' - an easy to use toolbar providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz ASCD for professional development opportunities and services for educators http://www.ascd.org/joinascd.html ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
