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Recent headlines . . .
Rocks and leaves recommendation
QLD - An Education Queensland mathematics
plan has recommended that teachers use rocks and leaves
to bring an 'Aboriginal perspective' to classes.
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newspaper report
India and Australia strengthen ties
NATIONAL - Australia and India have agreed
to strengthen and expand education links by extending exchanges
and setting up a joint education council. As part of the
agreement, Education Minister Julia Gillard promised colleges
that teach international students would be more tightly
regulated.
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newspaper report
Union proposes My School peace package
NATIONAL - The Australian Education Union
has proposed to Education Minister Julia Gillard that the
literacy and numeracy tests scores of every student in a
school be reported on the My School website, to prevent
a teachers' boycott of the tests next month.
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newspaper report
Educators gather to prevent online bullying
NATIONAL - Education leaders will gather
at a two-day conference in Melbourne to focus on cyber-safety
in schools and preventing online bullying.
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Walking to school engages students with
community
VIC - A study by the Australian Council
for Education Research has revealed that students who walk
to school are more aware of their local communities, than
those who are driven to school.
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newspaper report
New group to improve special education
ACT - Education Minister Andrew Barr
has announced the formation of an expert group to help students
with disabilities make a smooth transition from primary
to high school, or from public to private school.
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newspaper report
Education investment will pay off: minister
NATIONAL - Small Business Minister Craig
Emerson has said the investment in education made by the
Federal Government will help achieve a sustainable lift
in productivity growth in the future.
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newspaper report
Smart Choices struggle
QLD - The Queensland state government's
Smart Choices campaign is facing difficulties in school
tuckshops, due to a lack of volunteers and unqualified management.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Theme-based teaching: appropriate for primary
students?
UK - James Schloeffel, an Australian
living in London, looks at the need for balance and perspective
in primary school education and issues.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Skilled student inventor vies for top prize
CANADA - Canadian student, Christopher
Nielsen, will represent his country at the Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair, showcasing his invention that
may be used as a navigational system for blind people.
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newspaper report
International
China and India strengthen education ties
INDIA/CHINA - India and China are working
together to increase the number of student exchange students
and teachers between the countries, to help promote mutual
understanding.
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newspaper report
Whiteboard vendors work together for education
UK - All major interactive whiteboard
vendors in the UK have agreed to make their educational
content available in a common file form, to allow school
resources to become more shareable and accessible.
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newspaper report
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ACEL Winter School
The London Centre for Leadership in Learning,
Institute of Education works in London, nationally and internationally
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practitioners and policy makers at the critical edge of
research and practice and are at the forefront of developing
new knowledge for and about leadership and learning.
In her role as Director of the London Centre for Leadership
in Learning, Professor Alma Harris and her team will provide
a Winter School during the week of the 5th – 9th July
2010 at the London Leadership Centre.
The Winter School will be built around the ACEL Leadership
Capability
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design the
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strategic development in professional learning, coaching
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Participants will also be provided with pre and post conference
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Participants will be invited to join the
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and will be recognised in the Class of 2010.
Program Objectives
Participants will:
• Learn about the English educational context and learn
from and
with educational leaders in London and the surrounding area
• Engage in participatory, reflective seminars and
workshops lead by the London Centre for Leadership in Learning
- Institute of Education colleagues
• Participate in the London Centre for Leadership in
Learning Annual Conference on July 7th and interact with
a wide range of educational leaders from schools in England.
• Personalise their own learning and development through
reflection of their own experiences and practice
• Evaluate the impact of the week on their own learning
and consider consequent implications for future practice
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Hosting and Harvesting
conference:
Creating the change we wish
to see in the world
Held at the Sydney Convention Centre for three
days, the 29th – 30th September and 1st October 2010,
with a focus on:
»» The art of hosting: conversations that matter
»» Deep learning, rich understandings
»» Learning across boundaries: building bridges
»» Leadership and, for, through, with, by, from
learning
Introducing some of our extraordinary keynotes and authors
of our lead papers:
- Zandile Kunene
- Alma Harris and Andy Hargreaves
- Professor Louise Stoll
- Brian Caldwell
- Dr Carolyn Shields
- Professor Allan Walker
- Dr Neville Highett
- Jan Robertson
- Professor Rehabeam Katengela Auala
- Dr Bob Lingard
- Professor Emeritus Alan Reid
- Dr Brenda Beatty
- Dr Muavia Gallie
Registration fees:
Early Registration – Before 30.06.10
ACEL/CCEAM member: $750.00
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ACEL/CCEAM member: $850.00
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