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BBC NEWS | Education | Lessons for enquiring young minds

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Jax Blunt
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If we all went vegetarian, what would happen to all the cows? What causes erosion? I've seen ghosts on the internet, so they really do exist, don't they?

When given a chance to let their minds go, it's amazing what children can come up with.

In Bristol, a special style of lesson has been developed precisely to give pupils in Key Stage 3 (11 to 14-year-olds) an opportunity to further investigate questions and issues like this.

via BBC NEWS | Education | Lessons for enquiring young minds.

This sounds just so familiar a way of working. What I don’t understand is why they are waiting until Key Stage 3…

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2 responses to “BBC NEWS | Education | Lessons for enquiring young minds”

  1. tbird avatar
    tbird

    well, obviously they need to wait until KS 3 cos up til then they still have too much to be *told* adn there isn’t time for them to *think* now is there….. (wink) Actually it really worries me when I see how my Rainbows act when I ask them to think for themselves, you would think I’d asked them to do advanced calculus.

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    Nigel Evans

    My brother and I were having a similar discussion today. He is a newly qualified firefighter and was astonished at the behaviour of some of the children he visits at schools, to do saftey awareness type stuff. he also said that when asking them to think about dangers in the home etc, most of them look blankly into space 🙁

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