"Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing"
Albert Einstein
The present strong emphasis on examinations in education has spawned a process-product metaphor of education. Lumby (2003 pg 3) argues, "government initiatives in the further education sector have aimed at embedding new ways of thinking about students as customers, communities as markets and leaders as enacting nationally designated standards. " The process of education appears to operate within a framework that ensures an end product of positive academic achievement, manifested through "good grades " Lumby argues that the leadership of educational organisations has become big business while governments worldwide strive to provide a recipe that will transform our educational leaders into agents that can deliver the required performance. Ritzer (2000) called it "Macdonaldisation" of education, a term which graphically represents our changing views of education depicting it as a product which can be bought and sold.
Lumby, J. (2003)"Leadership for learning:the case of further education" The inaugural lecture of Professor Jacky Lumby, University of Lincoln, 15th May 2003.
Ritzer, G. (2000) The McDonaldization of Society : An investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life. London : Sage Publications
