Why teachers don't know best

By | 27th August 2013
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This is a really interesting post and well worth a read.

I’m not sure I agree with all of it. I especially hate it when anyone refers to pupils as ‘customers’, but it really got me thinking, and that’s always a good thing.

2 thoughts on “Why teachers don't know best”

  1. Crispin Weston

    Hi Richard, Many thanks for the reblog. I answer your comment at http://edtechnow.net/2013/08/27/blind/#comment-3666. In short:
    * I agree that the identity of the “customer” in education is problematic;
    * neverthess, I think that it is important that teachers see themselves as a supplier, in the sense that it is not their job to define the ultimate aims of their service because that would elevate them to the unaccountable position of high priest;
    * the directionality implicit in supplying a service does not imply a similar directionality in the way that happens (i.e. “supplying a service” does not imply “transmitting knoweldge”. Would be very interested to hear more reactions! Crispin.

    1. Richard Post author

      Hi Crispin,

      Thanks for the comment. I’ve continued this discussion on your blog.

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