tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post5070331795905728434..comments2024-02-28T16:57:47.055+00:00Comments on Diary of a Donkeybody: Utilitarian Victorian educationMichael Wenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756324780596609238noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-72293112466098572002011-01-22T12:09:22.353+00:002011-01-22T12:09:22.353+00:00Harsh but true, Rob!!Harsh but true, Rob!!Michael Wenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111619560360378627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-76831971934818797042011-01-21T20:56:17.460+00:002011-01-21T20:56:17.460+00:00Is it not the case that any fool can tell teachers...Is it not the case that any fool can tell teachers what they should do, particularly when the individual's early academic education has probably been driven by a relatively narrow curriculum aimed at University entry. I think they call it teaching to the test. <br /><br />It is frightening to think that many of our "so called" experts at Whitehall have little idea of what little evidence of literature other than the Sun or Daily Mail exists in some households. They are completely out of touch and even more worryingly are unaware of it.<br /><br />Real education is about dealing with people young or old and responding to specific needs personal to the individual. After all true education is 'all embracing' and never ends, not even with the attainment of a degree of some sort.Robsheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644949287184520419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-83359314974141627102011-01-21T16:49:45.406+00:002011-01-21T16:49:45.406+00:00I think that DOES make you an expert, Pat. Certain...I think that DOES make you an expert, Pat. Certainly more than most politicians. I seem to remember the last Education Secretary who taught was Estelle Morris - who was good but short-lived. <br />Anyway, I entirely agree with you, and Dickens, that the aim of education is far more than to produce a generation of Eggheads!Michael Wenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111619560360378627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-20805147066482297702011-01-21T15:42:05.288+00:002011-01-21T15:42:05.288+00:00I'm no expert, but I did teach in a comprehens...I'm no expert, but I did teach in a comprehensive school for twenty five years, at the chalk face, as it were. What I think my colleagues and I tried to do was to give our kids something that might, hopefully, enrich their lives in some way; help them to grow into their full potential. If we'd just crammed them with facts we'd have switched most of them off rapidly. Surely education is meant to achieve more than just turning out adults who will do well in general knowlrdge quizes?Patnoreply@blogger.com