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[muninnhuginn]

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Comments

[bellinghman]

'Wet brush'?

I only ever use the tap at the end, to rinse.

[alitalf]

I remember this idea from when I was at school: it was always necessary to figure out what was the required answer, as distinct from the true answer. Even in physics there were occasions when I had to try to guess whether we were meant to know a particular thing yet. I hope LL has an easier time of it as she progresses through her schools.

[wingedphaeton]

Hmm.. *Even in physics???* Having spent most of my career as a physics teacher, I assure you there is no 'even' about it. Guessing what is required by the examiner or the teacher is probably the most honed skill learnt in schools, at least by those who are ultimately successful in the system.

I spent much of my time explaining to pupils that for the purposes of the examination they would have to state tpl, but actually it was more complicated (as we had often just discussed). The porblem with opening pupils minds to onther possibilities is that it does not actively improve the exam results (and for some pupils it may cause too much confusion)

[muninnhuginn]

Even in Physics, tho' that maybe due to the fact that I'd attempted to understand the contents of my father's Physics Bulletin from too early an age.

[wingedphaeton]

::giggle::

well done for keeping LL's mind open!

Prof Tedd Wragg used to write on the back page of Times Educational Supplement. Shortly before he died, he wrote an article bemoaning these same issues, after he was confronted by a young member of his own family explaining that what he wrote wasn't correct because the format he used had been condemned by the teacher/literacy strategy.

Needless to say Tedd was an excellent writer, and a wonderful thinker.

Um.. ever thought about writing for the TES? a sort of parents-eye view of what goes on in schools ...?

[muninnhuginn]

I always enjoyed Tedd Wragg too. (He seemed to be around for years: he always seemed to provoke a strong reaction in my mother, tho' I can't for the life of me remember whether it was positive or negative (safer to assume the latter)).

[muninnhuginn]

I always enjoyed Tedd Wragg too. (He seemed to be around for years: he always seemed to provoke a strong reaction in my mother, tho' I can't for the life of me remember whether it was positive or negative (safer to assume the latter)).

TES, eh? Interesting thought.