Can't remember the last time I had a genuinely intellectual conversation in the
staff room.
They know the basics - understanding is a entirely different beast.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 25/12/2010, at 5:54 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Oh, that's pretty cr*p, Andrew. You surely have to understand the basics of
> the subject?
>
> Chris
>
> On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:45, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> The latest and most disturbing trend reflects your demand that the emphasis
>> is on delivery, not content. Teachers are being styled as 'classroom
>> managers' and told that a good teacher can teach just about anything ('We're
>> teachers of children, not subjects Andrew'). This is very convenient for the
>> administration of course as then they don't have to match teachers and
>> disciplines too carefully. It does mean that the new crop of teachers may be
>> astonishingly ignorant of their subject but that's OK because hey you've got
>> a textbook and you know how to teach, right? No point being brilliant at
>> delivery if you don't understand it and you've got it wrong.
>
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