[Year 12 Its] RE: IPM 2006 Study Design

[Keith Richardson]

A great quote Rob - thank you, a most useful addition to the discussion.
Cheers, Keith


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:55:44 +1000, "Rob Attrill"
<attrill.robert.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> said:
> Hi all,
> 
> this debate reminds me of a little wooden plaque we were suppose to 
> create when I was doing woodwork at Mildura Technical School in 1962 (0r 
> '63 - the memory fades). The slogan we had to put on the plaque, as I 
> recall, had to read:
> 
> "Practice without theory is a tree without roots, theory without 
> practice is a tree without fruits"
> 
> Not much has changed in the past 40 years. The message then (and now) is 
> that neither works without the other. But to me, kids are first 
> attracted by the fruits, interest in the rest of the tree follows - we 
> should be working from where the kids are, not from where we want them 
> to be.
> 
> Rob Attrill
> Mill Park Secondary College
> 
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> >  
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Keith Richardson
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