Does challenge come from the activities/tasks that are being provided or the curriculum whereby it allows students to develop knowledge over time to develop expert schema. A task that appears to be creating challenge might be doing so because of a poorly sequenced curriculum. At the same time activities that appear to lack challenge might indeed be challenging but looks easy because of a well sequenced curriculum. In this case, it might be that practice makes perfect!
Good points, I think it's about pupils being offered demanding material, where they are supported to engage with it by, for eg pre-teaching some difficult vocab, and plenty of talk to help everyone get into the material. Thanks M
Does challenge come from the activities/tasks that are being provided or the curriculum whereby it allows students to develop knowledge over time to develop expert schema. A task that appears to be creating challenge might be doing so because of a poorly sequenced curriculum. At the same time activities that appear to lack challenge might indeed be challenging but looks easy because of a well sequenced curriculum. In this case, it might be that practice makes perfect!
Hi Andrew
Good points, I think it's about pupils being offered demanding material, where they are supported to engage with it by, for eg pre-teaching some difficult vocab, and plenty of talk to help everyone get into the material. Thanks M
I'm loving these updates. Punchy and to the point. Fab for busy leaders; also loving the accessible literary style!
Thanks, Mary- keep up the great work.
Thanks so much for the feedback Rob, it really helps with the motivation!