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Opinion: Criticism in teaching

2024-02-19T08:05:00

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Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell explores the fine line between nagging and getting a point across by reminder and reinforcement, and suggests that a less verbal approach can often yield good results

The other day as I was walking by the river my train of thought was interrupted by a dog walker who was dragging his unwilling animal along by the lead. If he didn’t tell his dog five times to ‘come along’ it must have been fifty, and despite this the dog took absolutely no notice.

Witnessing this ineffective dog management got me thinking about something one of my children said to me back in the mists of time…

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