Author Archives: colinfraser

About colinfraser

I claim the title of educator, because I want to be more than "just" a teacher.

Classrooms and Tech

Posted on June 20, 2020

Ask yourself the question, “Is the technology introduced to the classroom working?” Be honest. Be careful. Be real. First, to answer this question we have to look at a number of issues before we can get to the end. What … Continue reading →

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Living in a time of pestilence!

Posted on April 1, 2020

Just over a month ago, I wrote concerning myself with using technology in Education. Covid-19 was just days away from being the issue it is right now. We seen whole parts of the country essentially locked down, people thrown out … Continue reading →

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Managing Learning Successfully.

Posted on February 29, 2020

Boxing has a strategy called “rope a dope”. Essentially, two fighters square off, both are skilled, perhaps very closely matched. One fighter likes to be aggressive, the other, knowing this, simply defends himself. All he does is defend, with the … Continue reading →

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The Australian Curriculum and Social Development

Posted on February 9, 2020

Australian Curriculum, Wellbeing and Social Development The Australian Curriculum (AC) is not, and should never be, an experiment in social engineering. It is, however, a tool that can be utilised in the social and emotional development of students. The main … Continue reading →

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A Personal View of the Australian Curriculum

Posted on January 22, 2020

[This is the first in a series of items I am writing about the Australian Curriculum. Hopefully, they will when completed, make sense. ] The concept of the Australian Curriculum (AC) should have been adopted a generation before it was. … Continue reading →

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The Failure of the West

Posted on January 22, 2020

There is so many things going wrong in the West right now. It is really hard to know where to start. Leadership is a talentless, moral and ethical vacuum. Our political leaders are increasingly coming from the Right, more extreme … Continue reading →

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Why is Education Reform so Hard?

Posted on January 22, 2020

Over the last twenty or more years, Australia has undergone “revolutionary reform” in Education. This has not been a regular thing, but a haphazard event, convulsing after elections, during financial meltdowns, changing Ministers and sometimes, for no obvious reason at … Continue reading →

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The deepening onset of retirement!

Posted on April 17, 2019

Gawd!!! Am I that old? Already? Retirement? That’s for older people! And I can no longer shout down that evil thought. Time passes, for all of us – including me. Damn it! To suggest I suffer from something of a … Continue reading →

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Change and People – A Good Mix?

Posted on November 13, 2018

Throughout 2017, I was living in an area of my State, South Australia, that really seems to think the world has passed it by. Their attitude is that they are ignored by the State, unwanted and left to live in … Continue reading →

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Education needs to change!

Posted on June 18, 2018

I have been looking at what students are doing today as compared to what they were doing fifteen years ago. I have also been talking to teachers about this topic too, and they are suggesting similar themes as I am … Continue reading →

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