As an immigrant from South Africa in the mid eighties I was often labelled racist, for no other reason than… Read more Popular Culture and its Unfair Representation of Indigenous Youth – What Can We Do?
Celebrity Culture – What do our Students Learn from the Kardashians?
I have a Year Eleven student in my Pastoral Care group who I affectionately call ‘Tupperware’! When I gave her… Read more Celebrity Culture – What do our Students Learn from the Kardashians?
The Rise and … Continued Rise of Dystopian Fiction …. Why oh Why?
For the life of me, and basically for all my life, I have never understood anyone who had any inkling… Read more The Rise and … Continued Rise of Dystopian Fiction …. Why oh Why?
The Charge of the Digital Text – What is the Reality and are we Meeting the Needs of our Learners?
We have a library full of books, we have a collection of e books. Our textbooks are digitalised as are… Read more The Charge of the Digital Text – What is the Reality and are we Meeting the Needs of our Learners?
The School Library – A Breeding Ground for Popular Culture …. And We’re Not Talking Books!
Moving from the role of a regular classroom teacher into the school library was an exciting move for me. I… Read more The School Library – A Breeding Ground for Popular Culture …. And We’re Not Talking Books!