Education loves a holy grail. The current one? Explicit instruction. You can’t swing a lanyard in a staff meeting without hitting someone proclaiming the virtues of teacher-led, step-by-step lessons. According to the new orthodoxy, if your lesson isn’t drenched in learning objectives, success criteria, worked examples, and the sacred “I do, we do, you do,” … Continue reading All Hail Explicit Instruction – But Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid