tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post3736909804784078134..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: The Revolution: a traditional English teacher’s take.Christine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-51474216859842432702011-05-17T11:13:47.733+01:002011-05-17T11:13:47.733+01:00I know it's not new - I was one of the teacher...I know it's not new - I was one of the teachers implementing "Projects in Practice" in the late 60s - immersing a class in a fictional community and coping with all the ramifications of its life. It was hugely successful with the class I used it with - inspectors came to call and all - but vanished as being "not really exam-orientated". By the time I returned to teaching in the early 80s it had vanished without trace. <br />But how much better to do it for real, with real-life situations?Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-39440325745759894192011-05-16T13:48:48.696+01:002011-05-16T13:48:48.696+01:00Vive la revolution! Have you alerted Mike Russell...Vive la revolution! Have you alerted Mike Russell? Your first suggestion '- transactional via immersion'- was being advocated, and in some places implemented, when I was training in the the late 60s! One of the challenges of getting older is learning accepting such cycles and recycles instead of raging against what seems like perpetual wheel re-invention! (Anti-cyclings?) Not that I'm implying lack of originality on your part Mrs!Alnoreply@blogger.com