My previous post was about stereotypes (phrenology?) - and this morning the link to John Banks talking Law and Order on TV3's The Nation came my way:

This is beyond stereotyping and I wonder why there hasn't been a similar outcry to that made over the infamous Alistair Thompson sick days comment.

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Having just read Teacher in a strange land: Regular Teachers, Regular Schools  it got me thinking about conferences/forums and how often (when I do go to these events) I get to meet 'regular teachers'. It certainly can be an issue, who speaks for teachers - who the experts are and who nominated those experts to speak for and/or about teachers/teaching? An issue that extends beyond the boundaries of conferences and forums to areas such as submissions processes and the workings of advisory groups.

Although, you could add 'who is a regular teacher and what is a regular school' given the number of extraordinary teachers working in extraordinary schools :-)

PPTA National office this week has annual conference on the collective mind. Conference is where the elected representatives of NZ secondary teachers get to discuss and work towards a better secondary school education system.  PPTA Annual Conference is 18-20 October  - the programme is online and conference papers include:

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