Spread the loveNicola Whitton, Manchester Metropolitan University Almost as soon as they begin school, children start getting tested. With the introduction of tests for four-year-olds and the explicit link between test results and school performance, education policies of successive governments have led to an increased emphasis on results at all levels of schooling. This focus has led to a stigmatisation of failure, even though it is fundamental to the learning process from preschool all the way to university. This ill-prepares learners for real life, which does not provide set answers to problems with neat scores to gauge progress. The real … Continue reading The importance of play: what universities can learn from preschools