by chriscurnow | May 8, 2010 | Education
Do you think education standards are falling?I would hazard a guess that almost everyone reading this completed Year 9 (of Form 3) Maths (or Math is some countries.)Here are some questions from the 2009 Year 9 NAPLAN Numeracy test. See how you go. You’re welcome...
by chriscurnow | May 4, 2010 | Entrepreneurship
The NYT article here raises two issues dear to our hearts at The Spiral Path: discrimination against women in the workplace and cultures that frustrate innovation. In another string to the argument business is irrational and makes decisions that hinder productivity...
by chriscurnow | Mar 30, 2010 | Education, Entrepreneurship, Human Relationships, Leadership, Personal Effectiveness, Purpose, What constiitutes success
I came across this piece by Marcia Devlin this morning.The first part of her post reminded me of my Grade 6 teacher. (A Mr Horn, if I remember correctly.) Now I liked Mr Horn very much. I thought he was an engaging teacher who always made us think. But I do remember...
by chriscurnow | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you read this blog regularly you will know that my heart weeps for education. At a time in which the world faces its greatest ever challenges, we are returning to models of education that were essentially developed 200 years ago. In Australia, we have the...
by chriscurnow | Jan 8, 2010 | Character of the Day
Do a google search on Schumann and you will most likely find references to Robert Schumann, the 19th century composer. You won’t immediately find that his wife Clara Schumann, was also a noted composer and virtuoso pianist.As an interesting aside there was a...
