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Alwyn Poole

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Alwyn Poole, BBS (Econ), M. Ed, Dip. Teaching, Post-Grad. Dip. Sport is a researcher and writer on education who began his teaching career in 1991. He has taught at Tauranga Boys' College, Hamilton Boys' High School and St. Cuthbert's College. He founded and led Mt. Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years, and co-founded SAMS and MSWA. Poole has a keen interest in sport, especially athletics and cycling and coached the University of Auckland premier rugby team for three years.

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Moller and Dixon: Giants of NZ running

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I was around 10 years old when I went to an athletics meeting at Cooks Gardens in Wanganui. The purpose was to see two of...

The myth of significant change/improvement in education under the coalition

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After 34 years of working in Education in New Zealand I am desperate for Erica Stanford to make truly meaningful and substantial change. I want...

The habitual damage that the Ministry of Education does to NZ students

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There are a couple of pieces of reported progress with education recently. They are anecdotal but are at least in the right direction. The...

Different ways of motivating students to achieve

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Young people need a mix of extrinsic motivators and support for their intrinsic motivation. I have been working with a range of high schools to...

The Fish-Hooks with the recent Charter School announcements – in point form

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The Charter School model is about improving opportunities / outcomes for “underserved” communities. The schools currently being approved in the NZ system would...

A major aspect of our education provision for marginalised children in NZ

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There is absolutely no doubt that a child from a home with – low education outcomes of the parents, only one parent in the...

Thirteen schools with the Secret Sauce for improvement

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Looking at the University Entrance for Leavers Data for every high school in NZ it becomes clear that there are some good things happening. The...

Interesting Article: The No. 1 secret to their success—and parents should teach it early

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Great article here. According to Jennifer Breheny Wallace: “During my six years of researching hundreds of high-achieving kids, I’ve found that the real engine behind long-term...

Two major problems with the proposed English curriculum

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I have been writing curriculum in NZ since I started teaching in 1991. This developed into writing a full curriculum– all core subjects and 32...

Why do National and ACT demand accountability when they are in opposition – but suppress information when in government?

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This is the latest example: Charter schools told to keep enrolment numbers secret "The seven charter schools set up at the start of the year have...

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