Spoon feeding students is a controversial topic that often gets talked about with a negative vibe. It’s certainly something that teachers complain about having to do sometimes in order to get results, and yet, it also seems like something that our education systems are trying to stamp out. Why is that? My guest today is Richard Andrew, who’s been working in teacher professional learning for the past 10 years, and now runs all of his courses in the online space. He recently wrote posted an article on LinkedIn as to why we shouldn’t spoon feed students, ‘claiming that spoon feeding robs students of the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning’. But still, the question remains why… why should we stop, given that the world has produced plenty of talented and highly skilled people despite our misgivings about our education systems. In this episode, I tease out this issue with Richard a bit further and suggest some practical ways to make the shift towards a more student centred approach to learning.

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78: Stop spoon feeding school students? Online learning specialist Richard Andrew explains why.

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