‘If you can read this, thank a teacher.’
So the slogan goes but I’m not so sure whom I should be thanking. To find our more go to Articles and scroll down to ‘We don’t need no education!’
Most of us acknowledge inspirational teaching and films such as The Prime of Miss Brodie and Educating Rita brilliantly explore this idea. Inspirational training also exists and yet receives little acknowledgement. The Nuts and Bolts of Vocational Training and Assessment is dedicated to the vocational trainers who’ve inspired me so, Anne, Bill and Peter – maybe one day there’ll be a film made about what you do to inspire your learners!
There’s a grammatical equivalent to Banksy in Bristol, using his ‘apostrophiser’ to correct this common error.
We need more characters like this!
There’s more to life than vocational training so I’ve created a page of links to things that interest me, that I call Connections. I’ve largely tried to avoid the well know in the hope you’ll be introduced to some things you never knew before. But there’s lots more out there, so if you have some things you’d like to share please let me know.
It’s well known that you shouldn’t over-fill your kettle before boiling for obvious reasons. Not so obvious is to top-up with cold water, while your kettle is still hot, ready for the next time.
The Naked Vocational Trainer 