One of the things that used to really grind my gears as a teacher was when I was trying to teach a new skill to students, whether it be an analytical response or a piece of creative writing, and they would say something like the following:“I know how to do this already”“This is baby work, I did it in Year 3”,Or the worst one…“Why do I have to learn English, I already speak the language!!”Of course as a teacher I COULD spend a chunk of the lesson explaining until I am blue in the face about how there is a progression of skills, how English as a subject permeates everything we do, how the writing they did in Year 3 is not the writing I am expecting of them.And I did. Often. Now? I understand that all of us, human beings in general, simply don’t know, what we don’t know!!So what do I do instead?I teach them about the conscious competence ladder (not necessarily using that lingo). Listen in to this week’s podcast as I go over what the Conscious Competence Ladder is, and why it is such a valuable theory to support us in teaching our students, and applying in our own practice.