Today I spent 7 hours on a mandatory course required to gain Teacher Registration in South Australia. For once, I was a student, and so
Category: high expectations
Finding time for CREATIVITY
This is part 3 in a series of blogs on creativity in the classroom. The first is here, and the second here. As stated previously,
Should I get my students exams remarked? YES
Marking exams is hard. Cross referencing a student’s work to a criteria is wrought with difficulty, can be plagued by subjectivity, a lack of training,
Should examiners be expert in the subject they mark? Duh!
I know what you’re thinking. This is obvious. Well, think again. An examiner has to provide evidence they are teaching in their field, but they
The Necessary
One of the most uncomfortable truths about society is that it needs a necessary proportion of people to fail. It is a condition when we
Wise men, and rushing behaviour policy
Once upon a time, in a small isolated village of just 2000 people in the south of Utopia, there existed a single school, and in
