Hi All, (Background: I've got > 17 years experience in teaching/training in the military sector, private sector, TAFE sector, and university sector. I've taught/trained in 3 different countries. And I've got a Graduate Diploma in education, a Cert IV in vocational training, and a Master's in public policy where my research was on efficiency in the public sector.) During my teaching studies, I distinctly remember hearing of studies that were very large, very well controlled, and very thorough about co-factoring the issues raised in this thread (and more). These studies pointed to many things, including the fact that private schools are no more effective at teaching students than public ones, ceteris paribus (all other things being equal). Parents who want their children to be smarter, score better on tests, be more successful in adult life, make the "right" sort of social connections, =and= others, would best spend their money =this= way... (a) Chuck the little darlings into public schools, plus (b) Personally enrol them in extra-curricular activities (music, rocketry, dressage, hang gliding, holidays in the grand-parents' old home countries, repertory theatre, amateur radio, or whatever else they like.) Of course, many of the members of this list will have already made their minds up on this issue, so I've just wasted my time writing this. Regards, Carl Turney Bayswater, Vic. www.boms.com.au On 31/01/14 12:09, Rohan McLeod wrote:
Assembled Illuminati; Digressing from the earlier thread on tertiary education; to primary and secondary education.
Natasha Mitchell conducted an interesting interview with: David Gillespie, his book is called /Free Schools, how to get a good education without spending a fortune; /Life Matters /,/ AM Wed//29/1/2014/ /see http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/01/lms_20140129_0922.mp3
I found his an interesting view of primary and secondary education. It is unfortunate in the context of PM Tony Abbot's current 'industrial reform', that it has a rather unflattering view of teachers unions; so perhaps I should add that on the whole I see a useful role for unions in a regulated free-market economy; I just wish they could !
regards Rohan McLeod
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