Work experience 'badly planned'. Schools are failing to encourage links between work experience and learning, a survey suggests. [BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition] [Bill: Education - International]
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A 'Multiple Intelligences' (MI) Approach to Education. This is the text of an address given by Howard Gardner in April 2005 to a Multiple Intelligences Conference at Manchester University. In the address Gardner talks about theories of intelligence, myths about MI, educational applications, and MI issues for the Future. [Source: EdNa] Also, see http://www.centralrangesllen.org.au/forum2005/ [Bill: Education - International]
Youth Forum Success. The second in a series of "Voices from the Future" podcasts for the Mitchell Youth Forum has been launched! You can listen to the second podcast here! or you can subscribe through iTunes! The Youth Forum, On September 7th 2005 at the Seymour Campus of the Goulburn Ovens TAFE was a great success, with just on…
Victorian Teaching Profession Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics is a short aspirational document based on the three values identified by teachers in Victoria as fundamentally important to their practice. These are: integrity, respect and responsibility. The Code recognises teachers' unique position of trust and influence and how this plays out in their relationships with students, parents (caregivers and…
Google surprises no one and releases a very nicely done RSS reader. What an amazing week. I've barely had a chance to try it out, but obviously this is a market-changer. Screen shot. It supports OPML import-export. [Scripting News]
Comparing School Systems across Australia. An address by the Chairman of the Australian Government Productivity Commission, Gary Banks, to the ANZSOG conference, 'Schooling in the 21st Century: Unlocking Human Potential' in Sydney on 28 September 2005. [School Education Headlines]
U2's City of Blinding Lights. Twelve thousand daisy-chained LEDs. Spycams controlled by a PlayStation. The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine -- and the ultimate rock 'n' roll R&D lab. By William Gibson from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
Apple's Intel Move Increases Its Business Prospects. Apple says that it couldn't get what it needed in powerful, cool running processors from IBM or Freescale Semiconductor. As a result, Apple will migrate its Mac hardware onto Intel chips starting in the summer of 2006, finishing the job within a year. Apple will continue to require its hardware to run Mac…
New Teachers Need Practice. Most novice teachers benefit from some life experience beyond school, the University of New England says in a submission to the federal Government's teacher training inquiry.The UNE education school's learning and teaching team argues that the demands of teaching call for far more mature-age trainees. Older students, as well as school-leavers, would be quickly introduced to…