Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 24, 2023 8:46:29 GMT 12
Jerry Coyne: A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE MESS THAT IS SCIENCE EDUCATION IN NEW ZEALAND
If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi educators in the last couple of weeks, but this one site sums up how science education in New Zealand is circling the drain.....
......Rosemary Hipkins is in fact the mother of NZ’s present Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who himself served as Minister of Education for the Labour Party. She began as a biology teacher but now is a Big Noise in “improving” the curricula in New Zealand’s schools. For her services to education she was recognized in the 2023 New Year Honours List, becoming a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to science education”.
Pauline Waiti is the director of Ahu Whakamua Limited, a company whose brief I can’t really find, but she’s also a Māori educational consultant.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/09/jerry-coyne-good-summary-of-mess-that.html
If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi educators in the last couple of weeks, but this one site sums up how science education in New Zealand is circling the drain.....
......Rosemary Hipkins is in fact the mother of NZ’s present Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who himself served as Minister of Education for the Labour Party. She began as a biology teacher but now is a Big Noise in “improving” the curricula in New Zealand’s schools. For her services to education she was recognized in the 2023 New Year Honours List, becoming a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to science education”.
Pauline Waiti is the director of Ahu Whakamua Limited, a company whose brief I can’t really find, but she’s also a Māori educational consultant.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/09/jerry-coyne-good-summary-of-mess-that.html