Josey De Rossi

Revisiting the Homogeneous Classroom

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Secondary education has spent years exploring, debating, and implementing various approaches to homogeneous and heterogeneous ability classrooms. The standard view is… Grouping homogeneous academic abilities allows teachers to tailor instruction to the group’s needs. Furthermore, it can prevent high-achieving students from feeling held back and help struggling students feel more comfortable participating. However, the downside … Read more

Now let’s talk about the hard stuff.

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Have you ever viewed the fairytale spoof The Princess Bride (1987)?  It’s a film determined to make us laugh about our ‘happy ever after’ delusions. One of my favourite moments is when the heroine, Princess Buttercup, chastises the returning hero, Westley, disguised as the Dread Pirate Roberts, for mocking her pain; he answers,  “Life is … Read more

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