There are different ways of learning and different ways of teaching, and the same size doesn't fit everyone, M Ted. That's not a problem when it's recognised.

It becomes a problem when teachers, or the people who lay down the rules for teachers, start thinking, the way they feel comfortable with is the only way, or the only right way. Unfortunately that happens much of the time.

That criticism applies just as much to the practise-comes-first type as it does to the theory-come-first type.

But this is drifting the thread away from the excellent practical advice which has been forthcoming.