by Rebecca Thomas, image by Steve Saville Pedagogy is a deeply personal asset to a teacher and the Common Practice Model will require...

by Rebecca Thomas A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is...

by Rebecca Thomas Whilst the media and politicians are doing their best to drum up even more cynicism in our educators and educational...

by Rebecca Thomas On hearing the tragic news that filtered down the motu yesterday about a school outing that changed students’ and...

by Rebecca Thomas (image belongs to Irene Cooper) Our unsung heroes, nanna’s, mums, dads, uncles, aunties, kaiāwhina are getting...

by Rebecca Thomas (image Waitangi National Trust ) Tūrangawaewae, the title of the conference Dr. Melanie Riwai-Couch spoke at yesterday,...

by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville After attending various MOE Curriculum meetings over the past two weeks, it is clear there is a...

by Rebecca Thomas After recently reading an old paper where two case studies tried to pinpoint how to tackle educational disparities,...

by Rebecca Thomas (image by Jason Rosewell) Call back days, curriculum refresh days, PLD, TODs, Accord days, are all met with the same...

By Rebecca Thomas Usually, I tend not to write when I am feeling disgruntled or emotionally tired, but this week I have heard and seen...

by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas On Friday the MOE released the pedagogical approaches for teaching literacy, communication and maths....

by Rebecca Thomas ‘People vote with their feet.’ -Russell Bishop Today teachers voted with their feet. They let the country know how...

By Rebecca Thomas ‘We expect teachers to reach unattainable goals with inadequate resources. The miracle is this: they often do.” - Haim...

By Rebecca Thomas "I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple." - Jacinda Adern, 7th February 2023 Listening...

by Rebecca Thomas ‘Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.’ - Khali Gibran Like you,...

by Rebecca Thomas Part 2 of ''It's time to talk about pedagogy." “How do we set up communities in our staff to share pedagogy, not just...

by Steve Saville I recently had the privilege to present four Tiriti o Waitangi workshops at Howick College. I say privileged because it...

by Steve Saville " A bad curriculum well taught is invariably better than a good curriculum badly taught: pedagogy trumps curriculum. Or...

by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas 'Her chaos made her beautiful.' - Atticus Chaos is a terrible word to describe anything. It’s not...

by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ‘How ‘bout them transparent dangling carrots.’ -Alanis Morissette It is now obvious that the...