At the time of writing many, countries are in a form of lockdown or restricted movement in an effort to contain the pandemic. This has resulted in a large number of children staying at home and being subject to home schooling. From some of the jokes on social media, it is apparent that some parents...
Month: April 2020
Lessons from observing the pandemic
May I start by saying that this blog in no way attempts to minimise the real heartbreak and catastrophe of this pandemic. It merely attempts to highlight observations I have made sitting in lockdown. Watching the pandemic unfold I was struck by the similarities between the actions of governments in this particular crisis and the...
An educational disaster or an opportunity
This morning I was struck by yet another so called expert crawling out of the coronavirus woodwork to predict gloom and doom for damage caused by home schooling during the pandemic. The particular expert clearly wanted to say more about him than about the problem that he wanted to herald. Whilst it is true that...