School bans children from putting their hands up - "alienates" less intelligent children [View All]

[The Straight Story]

School bans children from putting their hands up

A school is to ban pupils from putting up their hands when they know an answer in class – because it "alienates" less intelligent children.

Children at Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, will now have to wait to be asked questions in class, rather than putting themselves forward.

The radical new plans come after teachers at the school worked alongside teaching guru Professor Dylan Wiliam – who claims that asking children to put their hands up alienates other pupils.

Teachers will now be picking pupils at random to answer questions – to stop brighter and more outgoing children from answering too many questions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/8139893/School-bans-children-from-putting-their-hands-up.html