Episode #2. Rory Darling, Maths teacher at Cothill, Summer Fields and Ludgrove Will Orr-Ewing

In episode #2, I interview Rory Darling.

Rory taught Maths and History at many of the top boarding boys preparatory schools in the country, including Summer Fields, Cothill, Ludgrove, Aysgarth and Elstree.

In this interview, we talk about:

Teaching and learning Standards back in the 70s?
Importance of historical knowledge for context; and skeleton. Importance of knowledge generally.
Knowledge vs skills / group work; + lesson plans
Real-world Maths
Maths: drilling and rote vs. being open-minded
Maths: CE vs GCSE and ISEB vs KS3
History: importance of having a skeleton
Games to entertain students - avoiding being bored.
What made a good headmaster?
Discipline