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A Voice For The Children In The Back Row
Children Who Become Invisible In The Classroom
Kathleen Robinson(0)
About
When a serious educator decides to deliberately improve his/her praxis, professional development may take many forms. Workshops, textbooks, residencies and internships all lend support and a well-defined, formal perspective on the nuance of a classroom. One seemingly seldom prescription or improvement is travel. Cultural immersion expands the mind like nothing else. It offers different and fresh perspectives as well as confirmation of the similarities between people regardless of location, socio-economic status, or ethnic affinity. The stories outlined in "Children in the Back Row" highlight the universal challenges that teachers encounter around the world. It makes a plain and effective case for empathy, an essential element to classroom instruction, besides data analysis, pacing charts and strict pedagogy.
Sean Lloyd, MPA New Jersey, USA School Founder & Administrator
In an examination-oriented, mass education system, where one size seldom fits all, the ubiquitous drive - obsession almost - to "complete the syllabus" conspires to ensure that some passengers are ultimately left sitting disconsolately in the back row. To get their destination they must, invariably, either take another taxi or walk. Kathleen Robinson's 'A Voice for the Child in the Back Row' mirrors, in many ways, my own experience in the classroom for more than three decades, virtually on his own, to fulfill mainstream societal expectations.
Sean Lloyd, MPA New Jersey, USA School Founder & Administrator
In an examination-oriented, mass education system, where one size seldom fits all, the ubiquitous drive - obsession almost - to "complete the syllabus" conspires to ensure that some passengers are ultimately left sitting disconsolately in the back row. To get their destination they must, invariably, either take another taxi or walk. Kathleen Robinson's 'A Voice for the Child in the Back Row' mirrors, in many ways, my own experience in the classroom for more than three decades, virtually on his own, to fulfill mainstream societal expectations.