This article offers a response to what is described as a growing trend toward rote teaching, "a form of teaching organised around tightly controlled sequences, pre-determined lessons, fixed pacing, and limited space to adapt, respond or pursue emerging inquiry. This approach shifts teaching practice away from responsiveness to learner need. It is more about following a one-size fits all prescribed script." There's a school of thought out there that suggests all students can (and need to) learn the same way (this is what justified the anti-learning-styles hysteria). "Across many education systems, standardisation is intensifying. Policymakers frame sequenced curricula, explicit lesson structures, and tightly aligned assessments as solutions to uneven outcomes, equity gaps, and workload pressures." There are good reasons to resist. "Rote approaches have long been criticised for producing narrow, surface-level learning, prioritising repetition over understanding and compliance over thinking."
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