Education

Pedagogy: the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
Exposition: setting forth of the meaning or purpose.
Yes I know what it means nonu.

I ^ still Don"t ^ what exposition of the pedagogy means .

Makes one wonder if the poster knew herself , or was she just using big words , she didn"t really know the meaning of .

Bless [oh in some circles , it is said I musn"t use that }

Well I am trying Greatnan. I would really like to find out why people think rote learning and strict chronology is the right way to teach young children history and exactly how they would go about it with a mixed ability class. I think people often focus on teaching without thinking about how children learn. I have just spent a week visiting historical sites with two of my grandchildren. The seven year old is an able child who could tell you masses about the Romans. I don't think she could place them on a timeline with absolute accuracy at the moment, but she will have a huge amount of understanding of the way they lived when she does develop a more sophisticated chronology.

Isn't the arguement about school holidays that children whose parents use the holidays to spend time with them doing interesting/educational/fun things have an advantage over children whose parents just stick them in front of a telly for 6 weeks and therefore the children with the advantage [and their parents] should lose that precious time with them. Or so I've heard.

j08!!!! zero!

It is a ridiculous analogy because teaching will never be an exact science like medicine has to be.

I'll shut up now and let these superior brains have the thread back.

Fat chance!

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a serious discussion about such an important subject?

Why is it ridiculous jO8/9? Genuine question.

And that is a ridiculous analogy btw Mamie.

I can't remember what the flippin' number is! It's all that Bags'! fault. She said "just have a number".

The fact remains whether it's j09 or j08, it sure as hell aint JO!

What on earth does exposition of the pedagogy mean ??

Suppose i could look it up , can"t be bothered .

This is sooooooooooo amusing .

I look forward to you telling our retired doctor that you know more than she does because you have been unwell.
#bit hard to knowyouarejo9whenyoupostasjo8

J09?? since when?

I can remember some truly awful teachers who I came in contact with while my kids were still at primary school.

And even then I wouldn't.

And I would need to know about your succes or otherwise in the classroom before I conceded you were any more qualified than me to have views on education.

And my name's not flippin' JO. j09 - j zero 9! It's not difficult!

Oh for flip's sake! Are we not allowed to post on a thread entitled Education unless we have been a teacher in the past?

#trystoppingme

Yes JO of course. I have also understood lots from my children (primary schools, grammar schools, universities, post-graduate) and my grandchildren (primary schools in England and Spain). Useful and interesting, but nothing compared with thirty-five years in the classroom in terms of what I know and understand about how children of all abilities learn. Sorry, but I do think experience matters. Sadly Michael Gove doesn't.

And perhaps I will mention that both my daughters are teachers. (Son was too, but found he disliked kids) #whydidntheknowbefore???

Perhaps my assertions come from the bringing up of three children who attended a comprehensive school, a grammer school, and a European School.

And then there are my grandsons, of course, currently attending a different kind of school again.

Apparently, there are still people who believe that teachers work a five hour day. Of course, there are still people who believe the earth is flat.

Well you were making some very strong assertions about how children learn JO. I was just interested in your evidence base.

I don't want them to shorten my grandsons' summer holidays.

Remember the bliss of the first day of the six weeks?

Am always fascinated by people who think learning by rote is the answer to everything. Is that how they learnt to drive?