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Racism in the ESOL classroom
Recent influxes of economic migrants has highlighted the importance of not just Skills for Life but Values for Life. That is, the harbouring of outdated and offensive attitudes needs addressing and it currently isn’t it. In our classrooms of late there have been several racist incidents, cleverly nuanced admittedly, but racist nevertheless. The Government is [...]
Intranets
No problem with having them but they need to be used properly. They are currently used as a new-fangled way of keeping staff informed of everything that happens in the admin office. Better to have visits and actual relationship-building exercises than simply sending out regular messages through the Web. Without scope for feedback and face-to-face [...]
Qualificationitis
Has the world gone stark-raving or are we addicted to certificates? How many exams do you need?
There is a vast difference between quals for technical subjects like plumbing which are objectively assessed (you can either fit a pipe or you can’t and when the water flows through it you either get wet or you don’t) [...]