In my eyes the reality of teaching always clashes with the Ivory tower. One side has Claxton and others such as Boaler on it. The other has Bennett and Christodoulou. Ever seen a kid beat the shit out of another in the playground? I bet Bennett has I doubt Claxton has even met a homeless person. But that's just my opinion.
I think we can safely assume Claxton has encountered the homeless; he was a visiting professor at a London based university. However, there does seem to be a huge difference between people who have been in academia for decades and those who have taught more recently, particularly if they taught in secondary at the time when the curriculum was most dumbed down. I would be more forgiving of those in ivory towers if they were doing academically rigorous work and defending it. The biggest problem I have with education "experts" is that very often they don't even appear to be elites rather than experts. They have power rather than expertise.
In my eyes the reality of teaching always clashes with the Ivory tower. One side has Claxton and others such as Boaler on it. The other has Bennett and Christodoulou. Ever seen a kid beat the shit out of another in the playground? I bet Bennett has I doubt Claxton has even met a homeless person. But that's just my opinion.
I think we can safely assume Claxton has encountered the homeless; he was a visiting professor at a London based university. However, there does seem to be a huge difference between people who have been in academia for decades and those who have taught more recently, particularly if they taught in secondary at the time when the curriculum was most dumbed down. I would be more forgiving of those in ivory towers if they were doing academically rigorous work and defending it. The biggest problem I have with education "experts" is that very often they don't even appear to be elites rather than experts. They have power rather than expertise.