A new paradigm & a new renaissance in learning

textbook overview

The text contains 10 sections with over 390 pages, over 120 diagrams and over 590 references.
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learning resources

There are a number of professional learning resources that we have developed for educators, click here to find out more...


There are a number of professional learning resources that we have developed for educators and they include the following:

1. We are presently working on the companion volume to "Whatever" which will focus on a teaching and learning curriculum program that has the power to support the teaching and learning practices described in "Whatever". The "Whatever Next: The Global Curriculum" will be based on a conceptual curriculum and will include background information on developing units of work, a revised version of inquiry learning as the core learning/teaching process and how competencies will form the core of the new global curriculum. This work is due for completion in June 2008 and will be available for download from this web site.

2. a)The KnowledgeNET (http://www.knowledge.net.nz/ ) is an Online Learning Environment which has been designed and developed here in New Zealand by Dataview (http://www.dataview.co.nz/ ), a company I am a Director of. We presently have about 160 schools using this environment ranging from schools of over 3000 secondary students to primary schools of less than 50 students. If you wish to have demonstration of this environment e-mail the sales team at enquiries@knowledge.net.nz and we will arrange for someone to meet with you and demonstrate this service to you.

3. We have also developed parent portal software which provides parent access to students assessment an reporting data, attendance records, administration data and exam records. SmartASK is a very easy to use application which provides the essential link between home and school, http://www.smartask.co.nz/

4. I do some consultancy work for schools on the big picture of where education is heading as well as on integration and use of appropriate technologies within teaching and learning. Details of these sessions can be found at http://www.teachers.work.co.nz/consultancy.htm

5. Please find below additional resources which you can access http://www.i-learnt.com/ for the online notes I use at conferences. Just click on the axe for the section on the new paradigm. Other sites outlined below.

6. Professional Learning library. Our recommended top twenty books
http://www.i-learnt.com/The_Educators_Library.html

7. Video Clips

8. Ministry of Education New Zealand