The former Cantabrian died in Beijing after living in China through six tumultuous decades.
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Brain food
This regularly updated section showcases current thinking on best practice, research and ideas useful for teachers planning and teaching history. Read the full article
Page 1 - Brain food
This regularly updated section showcases current thinking on best practice, research and ideas useful for teachers planning and teaching
Page 2 - The role of school history
Caught up with the day-to-day realities of teaching, carrying out assessments and attending endless meetings, teachers rarely get the opportunity to think about what it is
Page 3 - Teaching and learning history
'What are we trying to achieve as history
Page 4 - Teaching emotive and controversial history
Teaching Emotive and Controversial History Martyn Davison from Pakuranga College has prepared an edited version of a report from the Historical Association in the UK which
Schools and the First World War
Schools and children were quickly called into action at the outset of the First World War in 1914. Developing patriotic, fit and healthy citizens was seen as important to the survival of the country and the Empire. Hundreds of teachers joined the NZEF, including many from sole-teacher schools. Almost 200 never returned. Read the full article
Page 7 - Teachers who served
Whether as school cadet officers or supporters of saluting the flag, teachers did much to set the moral tone of New Zealand schools before and during the war. Many hundreds were
Today in History
This feature of The Classroom provides students and teachers with quick and daily access to stories relating to New Zealand history from the big themes to the quirky and unusual. Read the full article
Kiwi of the Week
This feature of The Classroom provides students and teachers with quick and daily access to stories relating to New Zealand history from the big themes to the quirky and unusual. Read the full article
Women Together
Auckland Feminist Teachers
Auckland Feminist Teachers (AFT) was an active group of women primary and secondary teachers which wanted to increase the influence of women and to promote feminist concerns in the education system. Read the full Women Together Essay
New Zealand Women Teachers' Association
For nearly half a century, the New Zealand Women Teachers' Association (NZWTA) was the sole champion of the rights of women teachers Read the full Women Together Essay
Biographies
In December 1926 Rewi Alley left New Zealand ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. Alley stayed in China for 60 years, becoming one of its best-known and best-loved foreigners.
