Tag: reading in 2015

December 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 26, 2015

“There are two motives for reading a book: One, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.” Bertrand Russell I had […]

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A Baker’s Dozen: Most Enjoyable Reads of 2015

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 5, 2015

Reviewing the books I read or re-read in 2015, I decided to choose the thirteen I had derived the most pleasure as a reader. In […]

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November 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 28, 2015

This month I have made a conscious effort to finish a number of half-read books and finally investigate some that have been on my […]

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September-October 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 31, 2015

But only literature can put you in touch with another human spirit, as a whole, with all its weaknesses and grandeurs, its limitations, its pettinesses, […]

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August 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 30, 2015

The gull sees farthest who flies highest. Richard Bach As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But […]

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July 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 1, 2015

Two weeks of holidays certainly provided time for more books this month than last. I continue to enjoy the pleasures of rereading and science fiction, […]

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June 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 30, 2015

“…by writing about himself, Knausgaard has really written about them, that reading ‘My Struggle’ is like opening someone else’s diary and finding your own secrets.” […]

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May 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 2, 2015

Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we have left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates. Robert MacFarlane […]

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April 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 1, 2015

Italy A full two weeks of the April were spent in Italy – most of the trip was spent in Perugia, a town located in […]

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March 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 29, 2015

“Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.” Liu Cixin March has been an exciting month of science fiction reading and some progress has […]

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Darcy Moore

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Just found an edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four with a critical introduction and really useful annotations by Bernard Crick, Clarendon Press, 1984. John Rodden, in his new book (2020) on #Orwell’s reception and reputation, recommends it as under-appreciated and hard to find. pic.twitter.com/3679…

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“The whole system is a catastophe” says @PiccoliMp re: #Naplan which was predicted in 2009 by educational experts but political expediency won the day and our system lost out. #SMHSchools

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An unusually hypercritical message about our edu-systems from academics, unionists & educrats today. How will the same people, who have been i/c across the plethora of edu-bodies for 20 years, change their thinking to build a properly functioning education system? #SMHSchools

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The biggest drop in #PISA is the top quartile says @mscott and once again the question begs, is that a problem created by our inherently managerial approach to curriculum? #SMHSchools

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How important is it to reflect on the impact of managerial outcomes based syllabi in the decline @GMastersACER highlights in the performance of Australian 15 year olds over the last 15 yrs? Does a clear parallel with this model of curriculum and lower lit/num emerge? #SMHSchools

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Who will be talking about this at the #SMHSchools tomorrow? education.nsw.gov.au…

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