Tag: reform

The BOSTES Review

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 20, 2016

The Review of BOSTES (Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW) commissioned by the NSW Minister for Education in March 2016 has been released. […]

Posted in Education, Government, Professional development | Tagged ACARA, AITSL, BOSTES, managerialism, NAPLAN, NSW_DoE, reform | 10 Comments

A big task!

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 6, 2016

Greg Whitby is the only very senior educationalist that I know in NSW who regularly uses social media and blogging to highlight his educational beliefs […]

Posted in Education, Government | Tagged assessment, data, feedback, reform | 5 Comments

Gonski and Faux Reform

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on April 16, 2013

Now the extra base funding necessary to get us to this school resourcing standard over six years is $14.5 billion. It’s a lot of money, […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Government | Tagged future, Gonski, reform | 8 Comments

Great Teaching, Inspired Learning #2

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 7, 2013

A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing…invented in the 19th century, the process allowed rapid and accurate reproduction of documents used in construction and industry. The […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Government, Professional development | Tagged HSC, HSC exams, learning, reform | 9 Comments

What’s important?

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 17, 2012

The ritual dance, between the NSW Teachers Federation and the NSW Department of Education and Communities, continues over how education is organised in our state. […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Government | Tagged HSC, reform | 12 Comments

“If the education system was destroyed last night…”

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 4, 2012

“What is a system? A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A […]

Posted in Education, Featured, Government, Professional development | Tagged Dr Deming, reform, systems | 14 Comments

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Darcy Moore

@Darcy1968

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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