Ask Sherrin Blog

Sherrin speaks frankly and passionately about teaching and learning and testing. She outlines clearly how NAPLAN can be used productively to identify and support learning needs of students and schools. She expresses her interest in feedback as a foundational condition for learning and improvement and improved resourcing and funding.

Testing provides feedback in order to identify areas for growth; it can be used productively. She goes on to question why some teachers are feeling so  threatened by NAPLAN and questions what career position exists that is not judged on the results they produce. Teachers are feeling the ‘pressure’ but what job doesn’t have inbuilt pressures she questions?

Dowload the show here: Sherrin on 4BC 20-07-10.mp3

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