Standardised Education and Lifelong Learning, an Oxymoron

By Sarah Rosendahl

Standardised Education and Lifelong Learning, an Oxymoron Are you curious about the standardised movement? Perhaps you are a teacher affected by the standardised movement, maybe you have experienced its grip on how we ‘help’ learners learn through a standardised approach? Or maybe you are new to teaching and think this is the norm? In this…

Why grades?

By Sarah Rosendahl

Why grades? Have you thought about the purpose of grades? I’ve been against grades altogether for years, but I hadn’t until recently reflected that deeply about why they were there in the first place. There has been an ongoing debate about starting to give out grades in 4th grade in Sweden, instead of 6th grade as…