Larry flanagan eis biography

I suppose the worse aspect is that we do still have to overcome the barriers, but we are going to have a poverty-related attainment gap as long as we have poverty in the general community. He was talking about approaches to tackling poverty before it became popular. Employ more teachers, reduce class sizes and ensure there is adequate support for children with additional needs.

In the afternoon, I would sort out the qualifications system. I was involved in all the CfE [Curriculum for Excellence] discussions, so I know exactly where the qualifications system has gone wrong. We were talking about exit qualifications - which is the Finnish system - and that is what we should still be doing. We have three years of secondary, working your way through a qualifications ladder, and it detracts from deeper learning.

There will be changes in terms of access to new technology and IT but education will still revolve around the teacher-pupil relationship. Already a subscriber? Log in. The union leader talks to Tes about his memories of school and how society has made huge leaps in terms of equity since he began his teaching career in the s. Emma Seith. Share 10 questions with Who was your most memorable teacher and why?

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