Teachers will be judged by Ofsted on their ability to help pupils learn and not on their entertainment value in the classroom, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the inspections chief has said.
He told an audience of educationalists that every teacher needs to develop a style of teaching which is flexible enough to cope with the demands of the lesson.
Sir Michael told a debate organised by Teach First and the RSA: “A good lesson is about what works, so this is a plea for pragmatism and not ideology in the way we judge the quality of teaching.
"In my experience a formulaic approach rigidly prescribed as part of the inspection process traps too many in a stultifying and stifling mould which does not demand their use of imaginative, initiative or common sense. Too much direction is as bad as too little."
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