C. Smith

Educator | Leader | Non-window dresser

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@Alphafox78 You know that's not what people see. This is gaslighting

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@dailytelegraph Well hopefully this shifts the line to make it easier for public schools to suspend and expel students.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@eleusinianatlas @auspoldecline @jordanbpeterson It may have useless parts to some people, but that's not the same as they don't teach understanding or problem solving

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@eleusinianatlas @auspoldecline @jordanbpeterson Sorry, Auspol is right. Problem solving is has only very limited transferability. On the whole, it is domain specific and dependent on the knowledge acquired within that domain. Domain knowledge requires "memorisation". As for understanding, the same rules apply.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@HannahFrankman @LBF777 No, but they measure skills that everyone, even those who "hustle", will need to be a part of "life", & while there r negatives, it's a necessary tool teachers & institutions have at their disposal to take learners forward.
I also see your Tweet missing a solution to your gripe

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@Davidcampese11 @Grantlee_Kieza @wallabies Grassroots? There are none, they are dead.
A few years ago, all the public schools that existed from shelharbour to Eden could not put together 1 full boys Rugby Union side.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@MaralynParker Schools are well funded, teaching is a hard job but conditions are adequate.
Truth is that there are schools that aren't allocating funding correctly. There are also many teachers playing "catchup" with what works best. Many whole language & inquiry models still out there. 1/2

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@etaknipsa @creativeHigg @CMooreAnderson Maybe you haven't thought about it deep enough? The inference in the Tweet is not about "deep" being wrong, it's about the abilty of the education system to make "deep" effective. Department bureaucracy, community expectations and teacher quality the biggest handbrakes.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@etaknipsa @creativeHigg @CMooreAnderson "Deep" learning requires high level expertise in content, exceptional, phenomenal behaviour and classroom management skills, and a very flexible timetable. Considering all this, in a Primary setting, teachers are better off doing Procedural well rather than doing "deep" poorly.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@markingtherole Is there a more in-depth draft for Primary?

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@mickreade Wen lots of money?

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@sdinhamunimelb And lowers results and opportunities for those students in classes with ill disciplined kids.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@sdinhamunimelb I always found it baffling that teachers really had such a poor / no understanding of how people learn. It's the equivalent of carpenter not understanding timber or greens keeper not understanding grass. Things are changing though.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@the_red_heifer There's no such thing as modern learning techniques. Modern environments maybe, but not techniques.

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@stationmum101 @OldGreyRabbit I need to know more. The link to the job didn't seem to provide many details. Can u help?

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

He's going to run against the Donald

[Acyn @Acyn]

Wow

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@BennSocialist @justaqueernerd @RobynChristofi1 @mrglangford Found Andrew Lamming's burner account

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

Where's the evidence for this?

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Some brain developments games to play with the children

[C. Smith @RealTeacher6]

@mactaverum @RealMarkLatham ☝️ is the most intelligent thing someone has said in this debate.