Reading Writing Responding

This post is co-written with +Catherine Gatt . Catherine is a Primary ICT Specialist, with both Primary classroom experience, as well as a Secondary background. ... In a recent post on the Connected Principals blog, Sam LeDeaux posed the question: ' Are Educators Passionate About Their Profession? ' His basic premise was whether teacher's go to work or go to school. This is really a part of a wider debate in education about perspective and the way we see things. One other such area where this is prevalent is the great debate over the differences between the Primary and Secondary classroom. Working in a P-9 school has its benefits, including the ability to gain a valuable vantage point. However, so often with every positive there is a dark side lurking, a constant comparison about the differences in how things are done, about who works harder, about which is easier. What is disappointing is that there is often little evidence used to support these argument...