Are there any downsides to Barak Rosenshine's principles of effective instruction?
Rosenshine's research highlights the importance of active learning, systematic teaching, and continuous assessment in the teaching process.
With some disclaimers, I am a big fan of Barak Rosenshine's seminal research, the 17 Principles of Effective Instruction.
I first came across the research in 2015 despite its first publication in 1982; it has reached national popularity across England and, in some cases, has morphed into a methodology for teaching and learning in many schools.
This isn't a bad thing. However, how these principles are evaluated in the
At last, a main stream commentator willing to question the cult of Rosenshine.
So Rosenshine is not the silver bullet? Reassuring to say the least.
Yes, and the view that the specialist subject doesn’t matter, and that one technique is universally applicable. If you teach a ‘discursive subject’ – humanities, social sciences, it can be very hard to break the subject down into skills etc, as in Maths.