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But if it's so easy, why has nothing changed after all this time? It's apparently not rocket science, yet all these intelligent people are going into teaching a
by EnderMB 14y ago
But if it's so easy, why has nothing changed after all this time? It's apparently not rocket science, yet all these intelligent people are going into teaching and the same methods are still used. Teachers continue to spend long hours after school planning lessons and aside from module websites made using Google's site builder tools and interactive whiteboards there is little difference in the UK.
Originally, I thought it was a money problem, but some schools have a ridiculous budget and are happy to spend them on the same old stuff. Why is no one investing in these things that will apparently improve education?
- DanBC 14y agoPeople think they are right. They will ignore evidence that they are wrong, and over-emphasise the evidence that shows they are right. The debate becomes politicised. The debate splits along lines of unions vs others; politicians vs teachers; parents vs others; etc. Proper double blind research is hard to conduct on students for a number of reasons, and so we don't bother with effective research. See, for example, the length of time that it's taken to get synthetic phonics over analytic phonics recognised as better for teaching children to read.