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Handsup:Bringbackthepracticeintotheclassroom,saysgovernmentbehaviouraltsarTelegraph
Handsup:Bringbackthepracticeintotheclassroom,saysgovernment
behaviouraltsar
SchoolsacrosstheUKshouldbringbackthepracticeofaskingchildrentoputtheir
handsuptoansweraquestion
Handsupshouldbejustoneelementofawiderstrategytogetpupilstoengageintheclassroom,teachershave
saidPhoto:Alamy
ByJavierEspinoza,EducationEditor
9:33AMBST08Sep2015
SchoolsacrosstheUKshouldbringbackthepracticeofaskingchildrentoputtheirhandsupto
answeraquestion,theGovernment'srecentlyappointedschoolbehaviourtsarhassaid.
Butteachershavewarnedhandsupshouldbejustoneelementofawiderstrategytogetpupils
toengageintheclassroom.
TomBennetthassuggestedthatteachersaskingpupilstoraisetheirhandsiftheywanttoanswer
aquestionshouldbebackinfashionfollowingthebanningofthepracticeinsomeschools
altogether.
MrBennetttoldtheSundayTimesthatforthelastdecadehandsuphasbeengoingoutof
fashionbecauseitisperceivedasawayofencouragingonlycertainchildrentoanswer
questionsinclass.
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Handsup:Bringbackthepracticeintotheclassroom,saysgovernmentbehaviouraltsarTelegraph
Butheadded:Teacherscanusetheircommonsense.Theyareperfectlyatlibertytoaskachild
whodoesnothavetheirhanduptoanswer.
"Quitefrankly,ifyouhaveateacheraskingthesameoneboyintheclasstoalwaysanswer
questions,thatisabiggerproblemeventhanusinglollipopsticks."
Reactingtohiscomments,KimKnappett,presidentoftheAssociationofTeachersand
Lecturers(ATL),shetoldBBCRadio4Todayprogrammethatraisinghandsisjustone
strategytogetchildrentoanswerquestionsintheclassroom.
MsKnappettsaid:Raisinghandsshouldbepartofavarietyofstrategiesthatteachersuse.I
myselfusethelollipopstickswithchildrensnameonsoyoucanrandomlypickoutwhois
goingtoansweraquestion.IhavethelollipopsticksandIpickthemoutrandomlytoseewhois
goingtoansweraquestion.
OtherwiseIwouldnameachildbecauseIthinktheyneedtobedrawnbackinIsometimes
wouldgetthechildrentotalkaboutanswersingroupsbeforeIaskthemtogivethatanswerto
thewholeclassbecausesometimeschildrendontputtheirhandsupbecausetheydontfeel
confidentatspeaking.
Othermethodstogetpupilstotakepartinansweringquestionsinclassincludeaskingstudents
toholdupanswersonwhiteboardsorprovidingthemwithcolourcodedcupstodeterminehow
welltheyhaveunderstoodalesson.
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Handsup:Bringbackthepracticeintotheclassroom,saysgovernmentbehaviouraltsarTelegraph
Teacherssaypickingchildrenatrandomtoanswerquestionsisamorerepresentativesample,followingsuggestionsthathandsupshould
returntoUKclassroomsPhoto:PA
DylanWilliam,emeritusprofessorofeducationassessmentoftheInstituteofEducationat
LondonUniversity,hasbeenachampionofstoppingchildrenraisingtheirhands.
Hetoldtheprogramme:Itdoesntreallymatterverymuchwhetherstudentsraisetheirhands.
Whatmattersisiftheteacherisonlychoosingtheoneswiththehandsupwiththeanswertoa
question.
Iftheyare,thentheyareonlyhearingfromasmallproportionoftheclassandtheyaremaking
decisionsaboutwhethertheclassisreadytomoveononthebasisofbadevidence.
Inourresearchwefoundteacherssayweletthekidsraisetheirhandsanywaybutwedo
chooseatrandom,buttheydont,theydoseemtobedrawntowardsthestudentswhoare
showingeagernesstoshareananswers.
MrWilliamhadsaidinaninterviewfiveyearsago:"Onlyaquarterofpupilsconsistentlyput
theirhandsup.Theycan'twaittotakepart,whileothersswitchoffcompletely."
Howwemoderate
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