Within a system that tightly controls everything the student does and brainwashes him into thinking that chasing good grades and test scores is the same thing as “learning?” A system built on the authoritarianism, exploitation and abuse Johnstone refers to in this piece? Yeah, right.
There used to be some loopholes where excellent teachers could teach fascinating things! But I'm 71 and this was during my childhood and youth. I don't think most teacher said that independence now.
They can if they want to be shown the door inside of a month, which I suspect would be a relief for any thinking person who went into teaching in a conventional school.
Within a system that tightly controls everything the student does and brainwashes him into thinking that chasing good grades and test scores is the same thing as “learning?” A system built on the authoritarianism, exploitation and abuse Johnstone refers to in this piece? Yeah, right.
There used to be some loopholes where excellent teachers could teach fascinating things! But I'm 71 and this was during my childhood and youth. I don't think most teacher said that independence now.
They can if they want to be shown the door inside of a month, which I suspect would be a relief for any thinking person who went into teaching in a conventional school.