I attended last week an excellent student led session focused, almost entirely, on teaching and learning.
As an example of the positives highlighted, I was again reminded that learning is at its best when confident ownership of the content is in the hands of the learner not the teacher.
To some of my colleagues this seems to be a risk too far. Why?
I suspect it is the genuine concern of inspection.
An unwillingness to tip the balance towards facilitation of learning. This was not always the case. Equally I share my colleagues concerns.
MoE is a clear example of this tipping of the balance and perhaps it is why several of my colleagues remain suspicious of its worth.
They will reluctantly agree with me that it has a place in the teaching and learning armoury, but that its prominence is perhaps overrated in the curriculum.
Who can argue with that?
