Seminar on "Increasing Learning Opportunities in Small Classes." by Professor Maurice Galton from Cambridge University (10-12-2003)

About the Seminar

Professor Maurice Galton, the Associate Director of Research in Homerton College at the Cambridge University, had kindly offered us another seminar on 'Increasing Opportunities for Leaning in Small Classes'. In this seminar, Professor Galton followed up his argument in the last lecture that teachers with small-sized classes often failed to maximize pupils' potential. He had explored a number of ideas of how pupils learn and suggested ways of how teachers should adapt their teaching approaches to accommodate these ideas. In addition, he had also highlighted 8 key characteristics of effective small class teaching. The seminar was well received by participants including principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools.