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