They say having to focus on generic skills and content curriculum is confusing for teachers; that it encourages a «tick the box» approach to teaching; and, perhaps most naively, that the generic skills are simply educational «fads» that
suck precious teaching time.
«What teachers do say is that getting pupils ready to learn is eating
into precious teaching time and they are frequently unsupported by school leaders who too often do not teach and are divorced from the day - to - day realities of life in the classroom.»