Nicky Morgans plan to return to testing seven-year-olds will destroy their appreciate of learning – and quell the spark of teaching tooWe all had a favourite book as a child. Many of us remember snuggling up on the carpet,watching our teacher’s lively face as they put on silly voices and brought a story to life.
For some, it was the tale of a bear hunt, or for others the story of the way wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes. For many,eyes lit up with wild excitement by going into the sad, sad house, or down the sad,sad staircase into the sad, sad cellar where some skeletons live. Young children across the world devour stories, or teachers devour sharing them,because it is at this moment the flame is lit, the brain is inspired and learning begins. When a child is engaged, or they can be taught anything. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com