I just thought you'd like to have an update on this element that seems to pass many teachers and policy-makers by. The idea that many classrooms are just too slow and that learning has become a test-passing exercise, rather than an work-out exercise for the brain. Many kids are turned off from being creative and thinking in a challenging way, because their lessons are often so prescriptive that there's no room left for the creative and fast thinking ones.
Here's some research that back up my comments and refers to the idea that 'Lessons are too easy, say most pupils at primary and secondary school'
50% of the 8,334 children in a three-year study conducted by the Centre of the Use of Research in Education admitted they are not stretched in their studies
Read: High energy kids in low energy classrooms - fast kids in slow classrooms
First published 6 Sept 2011
Here's some research that back up my comments and refers to the idea that 'Lessons are too easy, say most pupils at primary and secondary school'
50% of the 8,334 children in a three-year study conducted by the Centre of the Use of Research in Education admitted they are not stretched in their studies
Read: High energy kids in low energy classrooms - fast kids in slow classrooms
First published 6 Sept 2011