Posts Tagged ‘top-down management’
Fiddling whilst Rome burns…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 26, 2010
So a new government ushers in a period of fiscal austerity…ministers perks are to be slashed, quango’s are to close down, and other cost-cutting measures affecting education are doubtless soon to be anounced in the first Liberal-Conservative budget. BECTA has already had it’s cards and others such as the QCA may also be candidates for [...]
The Emperor’s new clothes….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 5, 2010
- In: capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | LTS | networking | PLN | Quality assurance | sustainability | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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“Your Majesty,” the prime minister said, “we have a request for you. The people have found out about this extraordinary fabric and they are anxious to see you in your new suit.” The Emperor was doubtful showing himself naked to the people, but then he abandoned his fears. After all, no one would know about [...]
Why top-down initiatives in education sometimes fail…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 25, 2009
- In: change | future of education | Leadership | Research
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An interesting letter in a recent edition of the Herald (Tuesday 23rd June) provides a much more objective view of the recent graduation of Scotland’s first teachers qualified to teach Mandarin, and the Confucius classroom ‘hub’ schools set up to further the teaching of Mandarin. In the letter, Prof. Stuart Picken argues that if Scotland [...]
When is central control not central control?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: October 9, 2008
- In: change | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | teaching and learning
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Answer – when it’s only a template, or so it seems…An interesting debate going on over on the GLOW Scotland blog about local authority approaches to rolling out GLOW. It appears I’ve ruffled a few Aberdonian feathers with my opinions on what I perceive to be a perhaps a more centralised way of doing things. [...]
GLOW- Future directions? just keep the faith..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 14, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | GTCS | ICT | Leadership | Research | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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This is a long post – you have been warned !! Having been using GLOW in some form or other for over a year now and for seven months in teaching and learning with my classes I felt that it was time to reflect a little on where we might be going with it, and [...]
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