Suggestions for Teachers
I've given this blog a new title and a slightly new direction. The new title is from a Norman MacCaig poem which I've written about before . I want to share some of my favourite things from my collection of old education documents. They remind me that English primary education used to be the envy of the world. Occasionally I might write about other things too, like bikes or guitars or even writing. But just now there will be regular posts about education. In front of me now I have PRIMARY EDUCATION, subtitled "Suggestions for the consideration of teachers and others concerned with the work of Primary Schools." (1959) How polite HMI used to be! I read the pages of this book and find myself nodding in agreement with almost everything it says. Don't be put off by the use of 'he' and 'his' for every child and teacher - this, from the introductory pages, still makes perfect sense to me. The primary school should not (...) be regarded mere...