| Freedom or Discipline?
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Freedom is a core, but often misunderstood, Montessori principle. Shannon Helfrich, an AMI trainer of trainers, defined freedom as the capacity to pause in the face of certain stimuli and make a choice, to the exclusion of all other choices.
How do our children go about making that choice? They can�t make it without prior knowledge and experience. They gain that knowledge and experience fro . . . more
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| Author : Collette- Teacher, Long Bay Primary
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Created : 25 May 2002
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| Brain Gym(R)- nature and origins
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This is a letter written by Gail Dennison for us to give to parents who have questions about Brain Gym and its origins. I think it is an outstanding letter and want to share it with all of you:
Brain Gym(R) is a learning-readiness program used in schools, homes, and businesses in more than 80 countries around the world. This movement-based program was founded on the research of educators . . . more
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| Author : Gail Dennison
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Created : 20 May 2002
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| The Problem of Boys in New Zealand Schools
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In N.Z. educational equity concern has traditionally been focused on provision for girls and Maori. It is a mandated requirement since 1989 that all schools analysis and compare the academic performance of girls and Maori against that of the whole school co hort.
In the last two years there has been a gradual - indeed hesitant, articulation of the plight of boys in education. Boys are vastly . . . more
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| Author : Wayne Bainbridge, Matipo Primary
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Created : 01 May 2002
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| Swearing- the modern curse.
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| Ask any teacher and they will say that swearing seems to have increased. Words that used to be forbidden have become mainstream language. Children learn from their parents, siblings, peers and television. One Principal at a primary school admitted that he sometimes "lets out a 4 letter word" in the privacy of his home but will not accept it in his school regardless of the intent. Ask any child . . . more
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| Author : Helen Brown
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Created : 12 Mar 2002
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| Kia-Kaha. A programme to eliminate bullying.
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| Kia-Kaha (Maori word for "stand strong") was established in New Zealand by the Telecom Corporation and the New Zealand Police Education Officers. New Zealanders have created guidelines and charters that urge schools to acknowledge their "moral obligation to reduce bullying." Hundreds of Police Education Officers are trained to implement the Kia-Kaha program in schools. They encourage the entire sc . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 10 Mar 2002
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| Deciding Where to Send Your Child to School.
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Deciding on a school.
Most children attend the school closest to where they live. These are usually listed in the Yellow Pages of the telephone directory. Parents and caregivers can enrol their children at any state school of their choice. However, if a school has too many children wishing to enrol, the Ministry of Education may allow a school to operate an enrolment scheme to prevent over-crow . . . more
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| Author : Ministry of Education.
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Created : 16 Feb 2002
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| Within the family: Why the kids suffer when parents fight
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When couples separate, adults who regard themselves as reasonable in most situations become vitriolic in their exchanges with each other, too hurt to be grown up and too helpless to do anything but blame the other for the agonies they feel.
Children find themselves exposed to this conflict, and research is absolutely clear that such exposure is destructive to them.
Because children of all . . . more
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| Author : SUZANNE INNES-KENT
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Created : 29 Jan 2002
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