The Yellow Pages of teaching
Posted on: August 9, 2017
Here is a tweeted headline that could have been relevant ten years ago.
The Yellow Pages were irrelevant even then. It seems to have taken a newspaper a decade to realise or admit it.
It sometimes takes teachers in schools just as long, if not longer, to realise and admit that some of their practices are losing relevance.
The aptly named Yellow Pages can also mean that the medium is showing their age. The problem with irrelevant practices is that the signs are not as obvious. It takes critical reflection to spot the yellowing edges of bad habits and pages of unquestioned tradition.
Leave a Reply