Mini plenaries in themselves aren't bad. Assessment for learning is important. Feedback is important and there are countless studies to demonstrate the impact of feedback on pupil progress. The EEF hughlight feedback as one of the most effective tools for progress. Dylan william has done extensive research into AfL and the evidence suggests it is importand and it does work.
... so not bullshit as you delightfully describe.
Now in places people took the research and wording of ofsted and came up with this odd obsession with mini plenariws every 20 minutes.
It was annoying but not harmful to education and most teachers did challenge it. Part of the shift in how ofsted lool at lessons was because of teacher backlash.
You seem obsessed with this idea of 'blind obedience' but what you actually seem to mean is 'don't do anything you don't personally see thr point in'.
We've got anoverallproblem with education, which is nothing to do with 'bad parenting',
There are many problems in education.
One of the ones thay impacts on day to day teaching is disruption and students coming to scholl knowing thry can pick and choose which rules they follow because home will back them on the grounds they have some personal grip against teachers/school/education / authority. Stuff the impact it has on their child's education. It's more important to fight for thr child's right to wear false nails and not complete homework tasks.
it's a fundamental andwilfulmisunderstanding, at government level, of what education is and what it should be for. They think that children, like poor people, need to be brutalised into deference and compliance, and that school is about teaching them to know their place.
You really do have a massive chip on your shoulder about all things school related.
There are many systematic issues. E.g. the handling of new GCSEs was awful, the goal posts moving for students is awful.
But schools wanting an orderly environment in which children can learn is not part of a conspiracy to oppress children.
Far from it actually. Expectations, boundaries and rules set the culture and a safe environment for all the otjer stuff that goes on in school. When basic expectations are followed, teaching time is free to focus more on teaching than dealing with Timmy who thinks that because his mam says school shoes he can wear trainers then all otjer rules he thinks are pointless can be followed/not followed on a whim.
You don't seem to get that rules and boundaries and routines actually teach children how to deal with things they don't like. I did student voice last week and half a dozen 13 year olds have said they think our school marking policy is a bit pointless in places. That will be going into my report to SLT. They are challenging authority and doing it very articulately. It was great! Many things in our school have changed as a result of the students saying things. They know how to challenge and to complain in a productive way rather than whining and moping like some on this thread who seem to think strict rules means oppression and forcing people into blind obedience.