Reading in the 'Daily Express' today of a teacher who filmed the behaviour of children in class. Alex Dolan compiled the evidence whilst working as a supply teacher. The film was used in a documentary for channel 4, called 'Undercover Class'. As you can guess the education chiefs are not at all impressed by the actions of Ms Dolan. I had to smlie though, I wounder when was the last time that some of these 'top dogs' entered into a classroom, behaviour has dramatically changed. They wouldn't last ten minutes. A teachers job is no longer just about educating children, but behaviour management, it is far from easy. A teacher can spend more time with behaviour issues than actually getting the lesson done, but it is the other children in the class that suffer. The judge in this case refused to issue an injunction, saying that the programme served important public interests. In this case I think the chiefs within the education authority are 'Being Bad' as Ms Dolan set out to prove how poor classroom standards were, as well as manipulation of exam results and league tables. How the truth hurts eh!!!
(Daily Express: Tuesday March 17 th 2009, p12. Article by Martin Stote)
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