17 Jun
2013
17 Jun
'13
12:12 a.m.
Tim Josling wrote:
* More detailed policy direction ("uniform standards") and reporting to Canberra (referred to as "accountability").
A year or two back I saw Pasi Sahlberg on Lateline, who made a very convincing (to me) case that our education policies should mimic Finland's, not US's. I remember one of his key points was that instead of aiming for accountability (i.e. who to blame), we should be aiming for *trust* in teachers' ability to do their jobs. Wikipedia doesn't have an article on him, but a quick quack turned up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Finland#cite_note-12 http://www.standupforkids.org.nz/g-e-r-m/