Creative Subversion

A new report asks What makes a good teacher? I was glad to see some thought had actually gone into some of the studies and conclusions. A professor from Exeter University...

...argued for a healthy scepticism towards national policy initiatives. Indeed she advocated that a good teacher should go in for "creative subversion". By this, she meant that teachers should neither passively comply with government initiatives, nor should they point blank refuse to implement them. Instead they should "adapt them creatively".

I'm glad to have some academic backing to my personal approach then. If by "creative subversion" the professor means "read the glossy brochures full of edu-speak and new initiatives, tut at how much money was spent producing them, glance at battered textbooks with a sigh, and use glossy brochures to cut out pictures for projects, knowing we never have the money for the suggested resources"...