August 2021 Alan Reid, Professor Emeritus, University of South Australia The Conversation
In this article Alan Reid challenges the dichotomy constantly raised by various academics and the media. Most recently an article in the Weekend Australian by Noel Pearson has raised this dichotomy again that ‘explicit teaching is the answer’ and we should ‘forget inquiry-based learning’.
Reid points out there are three major flaws in this argument. First, teachers use more than one approach and second, not all inquiry-based methods are the same. Finally, Reid states that the data used to justify this argument are flawed.
Link: https://theconversation.com/teachers-use-many-teaching-approaches-to-impart-knowledge-pitting-one-against-another-harms-education-166178