The Michaela Way | Katharine Birbalsingh
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2022
- Katharine is a leading figure in education practice and policy and founder as well as principal of London's Michaela Community School.
It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s not for a lack of funding, nor a lack of commitment from countless dedicated educators. But more can be done to advance the learning of all students, no matter their background.
It’s a culture of high expectations, consistently well-managed classes, high behavioural standards, and commitment to explicit teaching that are the not-so-secret sauce behind educational success.
There is no better example of this in the world than the London-based, Michaela Community School.
Despite serving mostly disadvantaged students, they’ve delivered exceptional outcomes. More than half of their school leavers have achieved the equivalent of an A grade - more than 2.5 times better than the national average - helping to earn Michaela international praise.
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What an amazing woman and teacher... are there anymore somewhere?
Bravo!
Ms. Birbalsingh's Michaela School is set up in an old office block in Wembley, next to what was once the worst social housing estate in London. She has created, through her energy, a free state school for London children, that is the envy of many parents & teachers.
She's about to start another Michaela Community School in Stevenage.
Knowledge is Power (Discipline is controlling that power).
They cancelled that.
Yes we are all inclined to take the easy route but that is seldom the right route. Brave smart woman, well done, what a service to mankind you are performing.
I think another way of describing Ms. Birbalsigh's category of "traditional values" is simply "virtues": respect, responsibility, courtesy, hard work, justice, etc .
Brilliant woman. Don’t stop!
THIS WOMAN IS GOLD!!!1
Beautiful lady with passion for kids to learn
I wandered into this video! How absolutely fantastic to hear this wonderful woman speak such a committed sensible, educator, I feel bless to hear her message. 👩🏽🎓
The best teacher that I ever had in primary school was Sister Mary Nelson. She was an amazing teacher who held us accountable for our actions and decisions. She would be considered “mean” by today’s standards. Katherine Birbalsingh reminds me of her in many ways.
Yes well, society changes, ideas change, as we think more and science advances. “The old ways will die, and the new ways will prevail. That’s how things have always been, and that’s how things will be.” NFKRZ.
Amen sister! The Lady Jesus of the Education system. ❤
Absolutely wonderful the work you are doing. Thankyou.
It’s my understanding that you cannot depress if you are grateful. Gratitude is an antidote to depressing.
If you are talking about gratitude as a purely cognitive exercise, as this school practices, then that is most certainly false. I wish it wasn't
God bless her !!!!
What an inspiring lecture!!! May God bless you further more!!! 🙏🏻
👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️
As an agnostic, I doubt she would care much. Her god is the money she makes from this.
@@TheAutisticEducator yes
It is quite clear from every interview Katharine has done that her brave approach has been badly needed. I worked in a school once where 'discipline' was a bad word and much maligned practice, and those teachers who tried to instill and impose it were ostracised. I would, however, like to see lots of evidence of what happens in the arts in Michaela School. Where are the choirs, instrumental ensembles and instrumental lessons, orchestras, stage productions, plays, art exhibitions etc? The arts and performance are important parts of the curriculum, and must blend into the ability of students to organise themselves in a self-disciplined way. Show us the evidence.
Or maybe because she's not a good teacher, just barking about "Maths and English", but not about catering to students' future careers. There is a problem with lack of good behaviour and manners, but this woman isn't the answer.
You have to be cruel to be kind. "Kindness" and nothing but kindness to children is all about feeling good about yourself: you don't give a f**k about the children themselves. Nor do you give a damn about society as a whole: the innocent people who will be harmed by children who grow up to be criminals or welfare dependents. All this that Ms. Birbalsingh says is nothing more than common sense. Most countries in the world understand this so deeply that it goes without saying.
Opposite. Being cruel is what turns children into monsters. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Andrew Tate, all of them experienced cruel "disciplined" childhoods, and look how they turned out.
There's nothing wrong with giving a child a detention (provided it's for a good reason) or taking away items of recreation, but you have to know when to stop. For example, don't give a child a detention just because they didn't bring their pen, and don't hit a child. A true adult knows when they have to swallow their pride and allow the child, and when they have to put their foot down.
Having been to KB’s talks, this is my takeaways.
She is an incredibly engaging speaker. Her ideas on instructional techniques are excellent and evidence-based -EI, DI, questioning style - all excellent and evidence-based.
However, her views on behaviour management are problematic. Her belief in punishment being non-categorical is ableist and cold. Her understanding of neurodivergence, disability, trauma-histories is unapologetically lacking.
Her measure of success is, again unapologetically, all about grades. In her words, “If a child appears happy, they are happy” - obviously she has never heard of masking or fawning. In fact, her pyramid actually rewards masking and damaging compliance. “A child is rewarded for remaining stoic when they are upset because they know they have to do as an adult asks them.”
When asked about researchers work on the nervous system and impacts of behaviourism on disabled students in particular, she replied by stating that it was irrelevant to her. “Getting a child into University with anxiety and depression is preferable to them not getting into university” - I disagree.
And finally, the gasps around the room when she discussed using shame and guilt as teaching strategies, showed that many of us still place mental health above grades.
as a teacher i agree with her more than i agree with you, especially about the shame and guilt used as teaching strategies. on the subject of taking the mental health and happiness of children into account when designing a school and education: i think we have overcorrected. i would never advocate rapping a kid's knuckles or other harsh punishments for kids, but they ACTUALLY go to the principal saying they will get me fired. we ACTUALLY have to sit in meetings telling kids what WE will do to make class more fun for them, the student. something has gone wrong.
@@junipershull23skidoo why are you so afraid of students having power?
SO TRUE!!! >:(
They say, there’s a part of your brain that can’t process gratitude and stress at the same time, so if these kids are feeling grateful, they’re probably experiencing less anxiety.
You go Katherine 👏👏👏
This lady is an excellent head teacher who is doing an excellent job.
Note the objectors " white"
Im white working class who has done well. I feel no guilt and treat everyone in the manner i would like to be treated myself. Teachers lead the lessons basic common sense
I go to machala that is not true If you do have the wrong uniform you have five hour detention you don’t have to clean for the teachers. You also don’t have to cook for the teachers you serve the food to the teachers it’s not like that and the five hour detention is true to some of that same with the hair.
❤❤❤
This sounds like me in sociology class
This school is strictest school in the world!
I think she is a great teacher and her ideas should be an example for the whole of Europe, I would like to hear how she manages and understands Islam and how she adapts it to European values, for me that is impossible. It is a religion that affects every aspect of your life.
Australia needs Classical schools it’s so simple like in America
America arrests Neurodivergent kids and has school shootings. What the hell are you talking about!?
13:02 *we teach them gratitude, because when you are grateful, no matter how little you have, you are happy* - Geeeez, Katherine speaks these words to girls in Syria who would like to go to school - "just be grateful you can't pursue your own life" 🤣🤣
She doesn't though, she speaks it to London children who are by global and historical standards well off?
@@oliverford5367 Oliver, it's human nature to grow/develop/make things "better". Statements like this (13:02) intend to hold us back, or "hold the line" as Katherine would say. Maybe students would learn better if we supported their transformative abilities... rather than mindlessly obeying authority...
Or just be grateful for your -shit- not very good education?
Actually, she didn't say that. Important difference, she said "happiER", and research in fact does prove that practicing gratitude makes anyone happier.
@@tamasynclare913 Hi! Yes, agreed - "practising gratitude" can support your wellbeing (eg. reminding yourself about things that you do well, or had a positive impact on someone else). But here, Katherine is using "practicing gratitude" as PROXY for being compliant, obedient, and not enacting on our potential to create change. Education in England is repressive. How do you feel about that?
@@tamasynclare913 "I'm through accepting limits just cause someone says they're so" - I'm sure you know those lyrics... do you think that's practiced at Michaela School??
0:55 *stand up against what everyone tells us to do* - Yes, but if you do that at Michaela, we'll detain you 🤣🤣
For someone pretending not to care or use her race, she sure contradicted herself on that in this speech.
The word “inspiration” became such a cliché, so overused that it sort of lost its true meaning. THAT is the true meaning of the word “inspiration”: this talk excites the mind, it moves the intellect and the emotions!
It makes me want to be a better teacher
Watching these documentaries make it look like she's running a supervillain academy
Hahaha especially with the dress
1:49 *having to leave London to get into a decent school* - is your 'friend' giving you a hint, Katherine?
30 years ago A Levels would have got you into a promising career without a university degree. Today's Bachelor and Masters degree is pushing students into a debt ridden pressures stress and mental problems, due uncertainty in future.
By praying 5 times a day from a very young age, this has enabled me to be very disciplinary in life and deal with today's technological hectic and stressful working life within the UK.
30 years ago I never had any issues with praying 5 times a day at my High School
In my 30 years career as a Finance professional I have never had any issues of praying 5 times a day
So why this has suddenly been raised as an issue is just absolute stupidity?
Britain is country that is supposed to be following the BIBLE. The BIBLE talks about preparation for the DAY OF JUDGEMENT.
Praying 5 times a day is part of our preparation for the DAY OF JUDGEMENT whilst at the same time utilising the resources that creator has provided us with. It is not our fault that people have DEVIATED from the teachings of the BIBLE that BRITAIN is supposed to be following.
Therefore Muslims are not going against the teachings if BRITAIN's BIBLE.
And why should I not be thankful to my creator for waking me up every morning from sleep which is the sister of death, for the food and drink he provides with, for the health he provides with, and the opportunity to prepare for the DAY OF JUDGEMENT which is clearly stated in the BIBLE, TORAH and QURAN.
The perfect oppisition to participation trophies
I want to join this prison 😂
I agree with a lot of what she says but I don’t get why she feels the need to gear her activism towards non-white children.
The idea that non-white kids are inherently disadvantaged in Western societies is demonstrably false. At my local private day school there are tons of kids from South Asian families with well-off parents.
Certainly in Britain it’s lower class white & black kids who tend to do badly at school.
Brainwashed Zombies are so cool!
What makes me angry is kids who are Neurodivergent being disciplined for things that are NOT their fault. I know that 80% of students being suspended and expelled from NSW DoE schools are DIAGNOSED as Neurodivergent! Imagine how many of the others are not diagnosed. There is no such thing as a bad child, just a bad background. Love, acceptance and mutual respect are what make kids do well, not harsh punishment...it never has, and it never will. Compliance is dog training and damages kids' mental health, as they are not, in fact, dogs!
Being 'neurodivergent' doesn't mean a student can't learn to follow rules. It doesn't excuse bad behaviour although it does explain it. There are students who due to their brain chemistry and inability (through no fault of their own) to follow social rules should NOT be in a mainstream classroom. The learning of the other students suffer. This is what makes me angry!
@@Phil-Dye Some. Not all. Neurodivergent students are treated EXTREMELY badly in pretty much all mainstream classes because educators are not educated.
@@Phil-Dye Not quite, Phil, STRICT rules with no flexibility are actually damaging to most, but especially Neurodivergents. ALL students deserve to be in mainstream, if capable, but the way the world worked, they are a sensory nightmare and meltdowns occur. This would NOT happen if there was full acceptance of Neurodivergents by ALL and sensory-friendly classrooms that are actually beneficial for all. Also, it is nothing to do with chemistry and everything to do with Neurology. We have extra neurons and synapsis, which means all our senses work TOO well. The benefit is, for MANY, an amazing brain. They are YOUR social rules, BTW, not ours!
@@Phil-Dye Well said, basic conformity to standard sociel behaviour, etiquite being taught as this woman is describing is a good thing as the positive results prove. Our system is currently not working and as they say the definition of insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results. I agree if it benefits the learning of mainstream students and those whom need specialised help to learn seperatly then that is good practice. Also perhaps we should all be querying more the causes of these seemingly ever increasing incidences of neurodivergent students etc. It is more likely environmental as we all know there is no such thing as a genetic epidemic. As they say prevention is better than cure.
@@TheAutisticEducator oh dear. As someone who taught about the brain at UNSW in the School of Medical Sciences I'd have to respectfully disagree with you.
And stop YELLING!
Like you? Hypocrite.
You are really not Nice as a director
"nice" can be a 4 letter word when youre trying to get something worthwhile done.