'Why fixed routines are liberating' - I agree

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'Why fixed routines are liberating' - I agree

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I understand the point made here entirely...

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Why Fixed Routines Are Liberating

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 / ANTHONY RADICE
The complexity should be in the subject matter, not the delivery. A commentator on a recent post of mine said that in the private sector, he was told to KISS everything, and it worked. KISS means ‘keep it simple, stupid’. Excellent advice; would that it were more widely disseminated to new teachers.

There should be plenty of thinking going on in our classroom, but we should work to ensure that as little as possible of this thinking is focused on making our pupils work out how to respond to our latest jazzy teaching technique, and as much as possible is focused on the really interesting material we are delivering.
Schools can ring the changes with periodic exciting events.

Also, different subjects enable different types of activities and routines which provide variety during the school day/week/term.
Debbie Hepplewhite
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