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I didn't say that education was really interesting in the UK, I was saying that the claims that the problems are foundational due to history are not true. Ther

I didn't say that education was really interesting in the UK, I was saying that the claims that the problems are foundational due to history are not true. There is nothing stopping those educators with the ideas/resources/energy from doing everything the OP said doesn't happen in education. Having been to a UK school, I wouldn't have referred to teachers as academics, so that is a strange quote but for sure, I found many lessons quite tedious and I think there should be less excuses now because of the internet and much cheaper multi-media.

barry-cotter 5y ago
As a teacher I also wouldn't refer to most teachers as academics. Most students have little to no interest in most of the subjects taught. This is not a knock on them. It's only a little less true of university students, who have chosen to be there. The internet and cheap multi-media do not change the fact that most students find the subjects they are being taught, and the topics in those subjects boring and irrelevant. It's rewarding to teach the kids who find it interesting, or want to learn the skills that the subjects provide a frame for, or who want to get good grades to get into university but many students don't want to be there. Tedium is unavoidable if you're trying to teach someone who has no interest in learning what you're teaching.