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Sue Cowley
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UK based writer / teacher / CPD provider / presenter. I help to run a preschool. I love gardening and my allotment. She/her. Author of 30+ books for teachers.

Please contact me via my website for CPD/INSET bookings and writing queries. www.suecowley.co.uk
Reposted by Sue Cowley
I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.

I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yay! Many congratulations.
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Yes, it's time to move on from EduCognitivism.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
p.s. if teaching was only a science, anyone would be able to do it by simply applying the methods. The very fact that they can't is testament to its relational qualities. I sometimes wonder if the people demanding we totally scientise education just aren't particularly good at the relational bits. 😉
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We've always had edu research but it's not really been used by people to impose methods until fairly recent times. It has been turned into a bit of a cudgel by some to push their favoured approach. But teaching isn't just a science, it's also an art and a craft. That focus will come back soon! 3/3
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It's basically like a cycle of methods that spins around once every decade or so. We so often seem to lurch from one side to another. As I say to new teachers, 'know what your values are and stick to them because once every ten years people will say you were doing the right thing all along'. 2/3
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
You too! The paperwork bit not so much but at least we recruited!
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Trying to get the house rearranged for visiting family over xmas and sorting out recruitment paperwork for preschool!
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM