[senco-forum] 50 years top ten

somewhat deprest by the thought of another 20 years teaching, but facing

Tomorrow, I reach my half century plus ten - although I don't plan to
retire until the summer.

I would also choose the computer, for the same reasons, although the CoP
would run it a close second.  I go back to pre-CoP days; for all its
faults, the Code made it possible to do so much more than before, if only
because LEAs were obliged to take SEN training and provision seriously -
well, ours did [it still does].

Jean

S Wales

 On Thursday by some miracle I reach my half century.  A decade ago I was
> somewhat deprest by the thought of another 20 years teaching, but facing
> the
> final decade doesn't feel so bad.
>
> So I wondered what the best development in special education has been -
> compile a top ten.
>
> For me the computer comes at the top as it has revolusionised word
> processing.  Gone are the days of cutting strncils for the messy
> gestetner.
> Differentiation is far easier, visually impaired pupils can enlarge the
> text
> at the touch of a button, worksheets can be modified quickly for visual
> learners.  The list goes on, speech software, multi-sensory learning etc
> etc.
>
> What would you nominate from the last 50 years?  The National Curriculum?
> The SEN Code of practice? Synthetic phonics?
>
> Richard
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