This is a great book and a must-read for any teacher who has endured the last decade or so of very expensive courses run by well-meaning educationalists, who have either never taught a lesson in their lives, or have taken the first opportunity to escape the classroom. Theories and practices which are still routinely referred to as being “based on fact” are comprehensively debunked and sound practical advice is dispensed with worldly wisdom.
It also confirmed for me that Tom Bennett is, stylistically, the Bill Bryson of the educational world. The initial chapters were an interesting, colourful travelogue through a first year philosophy and ethics degree.
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