Actors and teachers hit back as the argument over using movies as a classroom tool escalatesThe actor Michael Sheen has spoken out against comments by the government’s school behaviour expert criticising films being screened for children during teaching time. Sheen described the “profound and lasting effect” that movies he was shown in classes had on him.
The Observer reported last Sunday on a growing row over remarks by Tom Bennett – who was appointed last year to chair a government committee on improving behaviour in schools – made in a column in the Times. At the same time Bennett condemned teachers who set role-playing and poster-making work, triggering an exasperated response on social media from critics including the author and former childrens laureate Michael Rosen.
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Source: theguardian.com