Am I missing something? I have great respect for American teachers but I never realised they set the benchmark for quality teaching:
Teachers from 80 Devon primary schools will trial American teaching methods in a bid to reduce disruptive behaviour in the classroom.
Organisers said it was about building on teacher’s knowledge and offering additional support.
Researchers from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) are behind the scheme.
The schools will be involved in a five year study from September to see how effective the project is.
The PCMD has received £1.7m from the National Institute for Health Research to test the scheme.
The course, which is called the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (TCM), has already been trialled on 40 teachers in Devon.
Dr Tamsin Ford, clinical senior lecturer at PCMD, said the results from the trial were positive.
Education achievement in the U.S. has fallen to the middle of the pack among developed nations, according to the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) report, which ranked the knowledge of 15-year-olds in 70 countries. The U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science, and 25th in mathematics.
Is the American style worth implementing in my own classroom? Do American teachers even know what the “American style” is?
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