Keywords: Ewan McIntosh, Human Scale Education, Reboot, Teachers TV
August 14, 2007
Just been watching a video from Teachers TV about small scale education, a topic close to my heart. The UK charity of the same name is one of the few subscriptions I continued when I left the UK 14 years ago. The title of this post is a quote from close to the end of the programme where one of the leaders of a small school acknowledges that the administrative burdens don't go away but stresses how important it is to recognise what common values could hold a small learning community together. I have been a little perplexed by research which seems to suggest that large classes are effective. These are gleefully seized upon by education paymasters. But refreshing my memory about golden numbers (8 and 80 are particularly effective) in human organisations from Ewan McIntosh's report of the Reboot conference I suddenly realised that both the advocates of small classes and larger classes could be right. Perhaps the skill is in knowing when each is appropriate.
Posted by Anne Fox
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