What drives teachers crazy and what teaching ideas do teachers believe should be condemned?
The life of the teacher is hard enough without silly ideas being imposed on a professional. Take a look through some of these horrors!
This is a longish-read, but it's worth it to know if you're working in a school that's right for you! Last week, I decided to spread some seasonal cheer, offering copies of my books to Twitter followers, yet was astounded by the 250+ number of responses to this question, 'What would place in room 101?' I've captured them from
Filling in behaviour slips during a lesson so the rest of the class start to misbehave whilst your teaching is further interrupted
Anything that is imposed with a message of superiority. Just let teachers get on with it! They are the only people who can claim they have different beliefs action research. Absolutely the only people! Butt out!
Wow a lot resonated with me here – especially “lots of red pen in a book equals good feedback”.
I’d also add: “Yelling at the top of your voice about how students are being too loud in the classroom / library.” Might we call this “disruptive discipline”?
Restorative conversations. Yes little Johnny’s been a complete sh*t but I can’t expect an apology. I just have to spend my lunch break having a chat about the things that he’ll do differently next time, when we both know it won’t make the slightest difference to his behaviour