NSW teachers to embrace ‘step by step’ explicit instruction method in major syllabus shake-up State becomes first to mandate methodology in overhaul educators hope will allow disabled and disadvantaged students catch up to their peers

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   sortius (sortius@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 07:42:38 JST sortius

   Wow, so NSW are just throwing out 50+ years of education research and going with the 1950's methods, eh?

   My dad spent 30+ years of my life working and designing education systems in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, and the one thing he drummed into me is that education needs to be student-led learning, with facilitators, not prescriptive teachers.

   The current education system is based on Edwardian ideas of rote learning and discipline, which offer few benefits #auspol