Discussion - The Demon Headmaster

What do you think of the Headmaster's (in the book) way of disciplining?

• Great

• so so

• no opinion

• awful

drilling is a teaching method whereby students are.....

• encouraged to research and inquire to learn things

• expected to repeat something till they learn it by heart

• encourages students to work together to develop their knowledge

• critical thinking

how do you think the headmaster expected the kids to learn?

• through fear, hypnosis and drilling

• through discussions and drilling

• through talks and drilling

• he was great

What are your thoughts on drilling

Even without the hypnosis, do you think the headmaster would have achieved his aim using his methods?

• yes

• no

what are your views on discipline

Do children need discipline in school?

Give some rules if you were a headmaster like the one in the book

Give some ideas of what rules you would make if you were a nice headmaster (please don't write rubbish for this one)

Do you feel that we teach you through inquiry based learning (where students are expected to inquire and research to learn)?