Like everything in life there is an average standard when it comes to both schools and teachers. This inevitably means that approximately half of all schools and teachers are of below average standard. What ever is done this will always be the case however if the standard of the worst schools and teachers is brought up almost to the standards of the most successful schools the below average schools would still be excellent rather than poor as many are at the moment.
Here’s How 95% Of All Teaching Could Be Almost As Good As The Very Best
You may be surprised to learn that despite the fact that we have a national curriculum, that is pretty much where it ends. Each school can then choose which examination board to use and then writes their own courses and materials to the best of its ability.
One of the main differences between the best schools and the others is these materials. These resources are produced by the best teachers in the country but also by the worst teachers in the country as are all the teaching aids, handouts, online resources, interactive multi media, quizzes, video clips, plus so much more.
Imagine if one was to utilise the creative skills of the BBC, the online knowhow of the Open University and seconded the very best teachers to produce a single set on nation resources to match a single set of exams set by a single board. Then both the best and the worst teachers and schools would have equal access to standardised world class teaching aids, videos, interactive schemes of work all created to match a single national curriculum, standardised exams all from a single examination board.
If schools or teachers don’t wish to utilise all the resources that could be up to them, again the best teachers might forward improvements that could be made for the following year.
There would be no duplication of effort by teachers producing these materials so freeing up hours off teacher time for direct teach pupil involvement. These resources could include some online testing and automatic which would then give a realtime picture of how each school was performing in comparison to every other school in the land and additional support could instantly be targeted where it was needed the most.
Everyone wishes to level up and education is one of the most important was of achieving this. Top quality national resources to exactly match every section of the national curriculum could go a long way towards this goal.
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