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Melanie Ralph

High school English teacher, writer & illustrator. Passionate about fanning the flames of student curiosity & protecting the spirit of inquiry in schools.

Tag: progressive education

Written by mralph0January 18, 2022January 19, 2022

Direct Instruction Alone is Not Enough: Why Teachers Need More than One Tool in their Toolkit

By Melanie Ralph. Amid many pressing issues of 2021, you would be forgiven for missing some big news published in a full page spread of The Australian newspaper back in August. Noel Pearson, academic and community leader, boldly declared that the “teaching debate” has ended “once and for always.”  The ‘debate’ Pearson refers to is […]

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