Creative Teaching and Learning

Mind your Language

Ten years ago we published this article by Mary Mason on how, without even realising it, schools used a specialised abstract language for thinking about academic subjects, and it disabled a vast number of pupils. Mary Mason has developed a programme to help them cope called Breakthrough to Learning.In her second article we look at how her programme has fared and ask some critical questions about the way schools fail to take on board education research.
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