Independence Online
Independence has now reached its page limit. To ensure readers have full access to the best and most current material, we have launched Independence ONLINE to supplement the printed journal.
Published in association with our current issue, Vol 35 No 1, May 2010:
Reform, retrench or recycle? A curriculum cautionary tale
The perils of policy: Success, amnesia and collateral damage in systemic educational reform
Professor Robin Alexander of Cambridge University, UK is Director of the Cambridge Primary Review – the biggest inquiry into English primary education for half a century. The review has questioned the educational validity of high stakes testing programs and the associated rhetoric of ‘standards’ and ‘world class schools’. It has also offered an approach to the national curriculum which is holistic rather than divided into core/non-core as in England, or phased as in Australia. Professor Alexander discussed the review’s findings and the politicisation of education in Britain at two recent lectures at The University of Melbourne. The first was delivered at the National Curriculum Symposium on 25 February 2010; the Miegunyah Distinguished Fellowship Lecture was delivered on 10 March 2010. AHISA is grateful to The University of Melbourne and Professor Alexander for permission to publish full text versions of both lectures in Independence ONLINE. Further information about the Cambridge Review, a resource bank and other helpful downloads are at www.primaryreview.org.uk.
Education and prayer: What every student should know about God and prayer in the 21st century
Emeritus Professor Hedley Beare has been called ‘the godfather of Australian education’. His work on spirituality and prayer is also highly regarded, and in 2009 AHISA WA based its annual retreat on Professor Beare’s latest book, God-in-the-present-moment: Prayer in the 21st century (John Garratt Publishing, 2008). Independence invited Professor Beare to draw on his wealth of knowledge, experience and insight across both schooling and spirituality and write on school education and prayer. AHISA is grateful to Professor Beare for his generous contributions to Independence.
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Independence ONLINE, Vol 34 No 2, October 2009
Howard Gardner: Accidents & miracles
A full transcript of Garth Wynne’s interview with Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Professor Gardner’s synthesising work across the fields of psychology, neurology and education has deeply influenced thinking about intelligence, learning and teaching, creativity and leadership. Garth Wynne talks with Professor Gardner about the influences on his own development and thinking. An edited version of the interview appears on pages 40-46 of the current issue of Independence.
The why and how of rebranding
Michele Dunn, Executive Officer of ADAPE Australasia, presents five case studies to illustrate her article on ‘rebranding’ in independent schools, appearing on pages 66-67 of the current issue of Independence. The studies cover Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, NSW; St Catherine’s School, Waverley, NSW; Redeemer Lutheran College, Rochedale, Qld; St Catherine’s School, Toorak, Vic; Methodist Ladies’ College, Claremont, WA.