Robert Paterson: ChildrenWhy are so many having trouble at school and in life generally? What can we do about this? What is the opportunity of the Early Years?(Untitled)- July 31, 2003 collaborative learning and institutional culture. There have been a few interesting posts lately about collaborative learning. Many of them spout the relentlessly cheerful &147;we tried it and it was amazing and I wish more teachers would shift their paradigms because the students love it so much&148; line. (Hmmm. Perhaps my frustrations are already leaking through, eh) Happily, Seb Paquet pointed me to Martin Blanche&146;s post on &147;Obstacles to collaborative learning.&148; (Permalinks are..http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/31.html#a696 (Untitled)- July 29, 2003 Enabling collaborative learning. Sebastian has found Martin Terre Blanche's wonderful blog. He quotes a good post on obstacles to collaborative learning. Students and lecturers are more familiar with a knowledge-transmission model of education and don't always understand what is expected of us in a more constructionist environment. We have too little information about lecturers' and students' backgrounds, networks and skills - so often we don't realize that there is somebody in the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/29.html#a689 Fathers and Sons- July 12, 2003 It is only fair, if I was writing about Mothers and Daughters, that I should mention Fathers and Sons. There appear to be two areas of angst that I hear about the most. The "Lost father" and the "I'll show him father" . The Lost Father is a set up where the son feels that he never really knew his father. Where he saw his father have fatherly relationships with other young men - especially at work so he is aware that his father has the capacity to be a father but this relationship does not...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/12.html#a671 Mothers and Daughters- July 10, 2003 What is it about Mothers and Daughters Robin's mother is a much larger and more destructive figure in her life than her breast cancer. Not a day goes by with out some hurtful exchange or some mood, seeping across the property to depress us all. We built a Granny flat for Ann next to her house but the relationhsip is so awful between the two that Ann is having to move out this weekend. Both are miserable. While some distance will be good, only the grave - and I am not even sure of that - will...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/10.html#a665 Reading - Looking under the lamp for the lost keys - Time to look in the early years- July 8, 2003 All our research tells us that the reading battle is won or lost in the first 6 years of life - mainly in the first 3 years. This compelling graph that shows the complete lack of progress in the US in spite of massive investments in the formal school system have not moved the bar at all. Follow the link for the results in the Early Years We're From The Government. We're Here To Help.. Over the weekend I watched a little bit of a CSPAN program that had Bill O'Reilly, Molly Ivins, and Al Franken..http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/education/2003/05/12.html Learning by Play - What kids look like when they are having fun- July 8, 2003 My daughter Hope is teaching a small class of kids how to cook this week in our cottage. Don't they look great!http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/07.html#a660 Losing a Child - Loss and Suffering - Nature's Power to Heal- July 7, 2003 The Lake in fall The International Children's Memorial Place opened this weekend on Prince Edward Island. As a parent I cannot imagine how I would cope with the loss of Hope or James. I think that when a child dies, part of us dies as well. For me, as with many others, formal religion offers little support. But Nature can and does.heal this wound. It is not just family who are hurt by the loss of a child. It is hard to reconcile the loss of a school friend and this...http://bisd.hollandc.pe.ca/imm2003/icmp/ Regular Exercise - A Habit- July 1, 2003 Why is it that I am 53 and have ignored well-intentioned and factual advice for 30 years to take regular exercise I know that it will be good for me. I know that this is not baloney like many diets are. Taking more exercise is unquestionably good for me. For a while, I buckle under the social pressure and try it. I go to the gym, buy a rowing machine. If the barrier was only awareness, I should have taken it up years ago. Why is this important Because our health system will...http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/categories/children/2003/07/01.html#a646 |