Publications
When I reflect on the world of curriculum teaching and learning in the schooling sector over the last twenty years, I see a co-evolving landscape made up of students and their families, their... Read More
In 2020, diversity will be embraced and valued. We will no longer be talking about ‘special needs’ or ‘disabled’ people, as we will embrace and value at a deep level the diversity of every... Read More
Reflecting on his time as Minister of Education and the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms he initiated, David Lange wrote:
The Picot Report proposed a model of administration which was based on local... Read More
My contribution to Cognition’s 20th anniversary publication focuses on schooling improvement in New Zealand since the introduction of the Tomorrow’s Schools legislation. The opinions expressed in... Read More
A recent issue of Time magazine1 reminds us that 1989 was a watershed year internationally; among other significant geopolitical shifts, the Berlin wall came down, literally, and with a satisfying... Read More
For years after Tomorrow’s Schools instituted self-managing schools, I found myself on the map of the many visitors who came to see how New Zealand had made this radical change, and what impact it... Read More
Over the past 20 years, information and communications technologies (ICTs) have arguably had more influence on New Zealand classrooms than any other development. Of these technologies, the World... Read More
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) has earned an international reputation through the model it has developed for working with students of high mathematical and/or verbal... Read More