However, I believe that UK teachers are a lot less educated than many American teachers. This is understandable. There are no requirements for education past the initial teaching period. Inset days often lack rigour. Compare this to the US. Teachers are paid to go on graduate level courses, they are are required, $7000 extra a year is given to Masters level teachers.

The type of courses are also geared to improving education. Heads of years are required to be trained counsellors, special needs teachers can gain further qualifications. This in turn improves learning as teachers are more aware of research based interventions, with the ability to draw on multiple schools of thought in education.

My view is that the government would not want this type of thinking in education. Instead of them dictating lesson structure teachers would be able to think independently.