- My fears with oracy were always: - promotes deficit narratives, especially around race and class - is really about debunked approaches like enforced group work and 21st century skills This seems to enthusiastically double down on both, plus makes some wild claims about the attainment gap, and AI.
- 'Schools now have the impetus to make oracy the golden thread weaving through their plans, policies and curriculums. For schools serving deprived communities, this is the moment to place oracy at the heart of their mission' schoolsweek.co.uk/talk-isnt-ch...
- I am incredibly wary about what the oracy agenda is becoming.
- But that's just it - it's becoming an 'agenda'. That in itself is a concern because it places a huge emphasis on 'being seen to be doing something' rather than grounding what is done in evidence-based practice (which doesn't really exist for oracy, as far as I can tell).Feb 4, 2026 20:18
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