Recipe for Half-Baked Teacher Cut contact time Slice curriculum content thinly Water down thin out the arts Coarsley chop practice-based staff Strain classroom expertise and disregard Set aside to ferment – stakeholders (schools, principals, students) and current research Pack ingredients tightly into a crowded lecture theatre Add copious amounts of theory Fast bake by remote control
When finished serve to your children and grandchildren TERTIARY EDUCATION UNION Te HautĹŤ Kahurangi o Aotearoa
The editor of your local paper - odt.editorial@alliedpress.co.nz or star@alliedpress.co.nz or critic@critic.co.nz Dean - Professor Helen May - helen.may@otago.ac.nz Vice Chancellor, Sir David Skegg - vice-chancellor@otago.ac.nz or other university council members Local MP – Michael Woodhouse - michael.woodhouse@national.org.nz Minister of Tertiary Education – Hon Stephen Joyce steven.joyce@national.org.nz Minister of Education – Hon Anne Tolley - anne.tolley@national.org.nz
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