One personal enjoyment to teach P-16 students is the opportunity to help with development of those "oh-so-important" formative independence skills. It continues to surprise how schools' management appear to give scant consideration to this first experience of a timetable with time to conduct independent study. Of course, some will waste the opportunity, others will relish. The next five weeks or so are important.
Although extant "lower sixth" may be "weak" on academic attainment paper, there appears to be a nice motivation to learn. Time will tell, when quantitative chemistry looms...
In accordance with the current obsession with all things ai in education, am beginning to wonder if the typical homework assignment is of any pedagogical value. Extra time for classroom scrutiny of practice under supervision will be deployed this term.
