Teachers told not to ask for hands up

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Miss Alpinestarhero

what are the teachers going to do when a child puts their hand up? I cant see how this would even work or be implemented because there are loads of problems with it;

(1) A teacher would hardly turn around and say "sorry claire, you cant give me the answer". If they did say that, then the childs confidence/self esteem would probably be dented due to them thinking that they are stupid/wrong/not good enough. The end result? lots more timid children

(2) the timid children who get picked to answer a question will probably end up feeling one of two ways: (a) increased confidence because they realise they can speak up in class and answer a question correctly. or (b) even worse because they may keep giving the wrong answer. Naturally the teacher would have to say "no thats wrong" because they can hardly pretend that the child has given the right answer otherwise the entire class would fail.

Nah, hang on. 1), if teachers stop asking for hands up why would the kids even put their hands up? If they do, all the teacher has to say is "Remember this is a class exercise, we don't put hands up for this" or whatever. and 2), who said anything about picking random kids to give an answer? That's just one of many alternatives.

We didn't use hands-up much in my school, the only teacher that really did it much was the incompetent one.

Originally Posted by northwind

Nah, hang on. 1), if teachers stop asking for hands up why would the kids even put their hands up? If they do, all the teacher has to say is "Remember this is a class exercise, we don't put hands up for this" or whatever. and 2), who said anything about picking random kids to give an answer? That's just one of many alternatives.

We didn't use hands-up much in my school, the only teacher that really did it much was the incompetent one.

Well I googled the story and that is what the daily mail said http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

"They should instead pick the children they want to respond to questions so quiet pupils are tested as well as the keener ones" (paragraph 2)

The whole point is, I just cannot see this whole thing working.

Maria

[northwind]

Ah, it was the Daily Mail

Along with the quote you picked up, there's also "working in smaller groups or pairs is more effective than 'hands up' in whole classes" and "The Education Department insisted it was not "banning" hands-up in class."