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=Welcome to Alastair's Page. A page with my thoughts, dreams and ideas of what I think about education, life and the universe...=

My page is called 'Pedalogical', not as a spelling mistake, but as an impression of my idea of what teaching is. There is a section of the educational community that promotes teaching as a science, an easily identifiable set of skills that effective teachers must have. I don't agree with this idea. Although there are many skills that teachers need to be effective, I believe that effective teaching is more of an art. A formula in a classroom does not work. The beauty of teaching is that learning between an enthusiastic, passionate teacher, and a set of engaged children can lead anywhere. It is not about ticking a set of boxes and going through the motions of a prescribed curriculum. A teachers job is not 'to fill the bucket.' I believe the job of a teacher is 'to light the fire.' Spark creativity, imagination and a desire to learn and think and to love it! 