Drawing on Previous Learning

by Mike Ferguson

“Mike Ferguson’s latest collection takes us to the heart of his passion for two things: poetry and education. In this wide-ranging anthology, it’s the wit and wisdom born of 30 plus years of teaching and writing creatively that shines through. Sometimes there’s anger: Who Killed the Thought Fox rails against those who only value things they can run their "measuring tapes” across, ignoring all the other things teachers do for children.

68 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

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[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetry and education Broadclyst style, (and the Broadclyst way was a very good way) reflecting an approach to teaching that is sadly dying out; or should I say, being killed off. The lighting of lamps without diminishing your own is becoming a thing of the past as results continue to improve while standards drop. If it cannot be measured it doesn’t count and genuinely good teaching (and I mean at the top level) is a very difficult thing to measure if you don’t know what you are looking for. Mike Ferguson was a genuinely good teacher (at the top level); and though many of these poems are playful they show that he’s a half-decent poet as well.