Tag: education reform
S.T.E.M. is for Robots
It’s time we examine seriously, the inexorable rise of S.T.E.M., particularly in relation to the disappearance of the arts in education. What is S.T.E.M.? S.T.E.M. stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (or Math). Why wouldn’t you want to promote those subjects? In fact I’d chuck in English to make S.T.E.E.M., as English teaches syntactic skills…
The Shocking Truth About Literacy Testing
Authors, travelling around schools, see stuff – stuff that inspectors would never see or even bother to look for, because inspectors are looking for what they want to see. I keep seeing the Green, Amber and Red colours of testing software printouts. This software works out where to put the most resources to achieve the…
Whatever Happened To Manual Instruction?
Yesterday I visited Lydbrook Primary School, here in the Forest of Dean. It was once a village school that took children up to school leaving age – Lydbrook was a mining village and many of the children went to work underground or in other manual trades. One of the teaching blocks has this fabulous sign…