Teaching boys especially, requires greater investment and further innovation on the part of the teacher. Boys are falling way behind, and there is no point sitting on our hands. We can’t let it get any worse.
According to figures obtained by the BBC’s Today programme, one in 11 boys begin secondary school with the reading skills of an average seven-year-old.
Educational experts point out that once children reach secondary school age, it can be very difficult for them to catch up to the reading levels of their peers.
Speaking to the BBC, education secretary Michael Gove said it is “unacceptable” that children leave primary school without adequate reading skills.
“We want to ensure that those schools where children are not being taught to read are tackled,” he stressed.
Teaching kids to read is a fundamental role of the Primary teacher. Since I joined the blogosphere, I have encountered brilliant blogs from all around the world that has informed me, shared ideas and strategies and opened my eyes to new technologies to introduce to the classroom. This kind of collaboration has such a profound effect on teaching and learning and has helped me become a better educator.
That’s why I think we can address issues such as those quoted above together.
Let’s work cooperatively in trying to improve literacy and numeracy, allow our students the opportunity to express themselves and think creatively and let us ensure that both girls and boys are achieving.
Topical Teaching 
December 22, 2010 at 11:41 am |
Well put! I think it’s so important for educators, parents, adults in the community, etc. to come together to improve education. Too often time is spent criticizing teachers and the system, and not enough time talking about how we can make things better. When we don’t take a stand and work together to benefit the child, we are hurting everyone (not just the kids) in the end. It’s cliche to say, but children are our future and I wish more teachers and schools would work together to improve things, rather than sit around the teacher lounge complaining about it all the time. Thanks for the valuable information you post on your blog.
December 22, 2010 at 11:46 am |
Thanks. I really appreciate it.