Primary Education & Post Plowden Legacy

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Workmanship,
it is argued, has been replaced by unskilled labour and people now work as a
means to an end seeking enjoyment through other avenues such as hobbies and
recreation.

Teaching methods and school ethos' in general are seen as outmoded and alien to
the cultural and social influences on pupils. Therefore, there is greater
responsibility on the teacher to make work seem more utilitarian and attractive.
Research revealed that many pupils felt that work was pointless and invalid
unless it was undertaken in preparation for forthcoming exams. However, work
that may be deemed pointless or onerous by both sets of pupils (exam and non-
exam) could be given validity by the teaching strategy employed. Pupils seemed
to be more concerned with the status of the work and their personal relationship
with the teacher, therefore the pupil reaction to any given task depended
heavily on these two criteria. It is identified that pupil-teacher
relationships are extremely ...

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the work with
little or no academic value is seen, generally, as enjoyable i.e games and arts.

The author places great emphasis on trust. S/he asserts that many children
cannot foresee the long-term advantages of doing work in schools and that many
simply believe or disbelieve the teacher when s/he says it will be of benefit..
The point made may be valid but perhaps only in primary schools. I propose that
in today's secondary school this idea has very little bearing and children are
now more acutely aware than ever before of social and economic factors that
dictate the need to do well in school. In some respects certain aspects of the
author's argument are negated, those pupils who ...

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