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Subject: Re: [OM] Economics
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:44:16 +1100
Can't remember the last time I had a genuinely intellectual conversation in the 
staff room. 
They know the basics - understanding is a entirely different beast.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 25/12/2010, at 5:54 PM, Chris Barker wrote:

> Oh, that's pretty cr*p, Andrew.  You surely have to understand the basics of 
> the subject?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:45, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 
>> The latest and most disturbing trend reflects your demand that the emphasis 
>> is on delivery, not content. Teachers are being styled as 'classroom 
>> managers' and told that a good teacher can teach just about anything ('We're 
>> teachers of children, not subjects Andrew'). This is very convenient for the 
>> administration of course as then they don't have to match teachers and 
>> disciplines too carefully. It does mean that the new crop of teachers may be 
>> astonishingly ignorant of their subject but that's OK because hey you've got 
>> a textbook and you know how to teach, right? No point being brilliant at 
>> delivery if you don't understand it and you've got it wrong. 
> 

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