questioning hierarchies in language teaching

Hierarchies in the classroom can make sense.

For example, the first things we learn or teach:

Hierarchy of Questions - Language Acquisition and Family Literacy

It can get very academic:

How hierarchical is language use? | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

However, we do need to question a lot of the 'given' hierarchies of how we understand our (learning) needs.

There are all sorts of systems which see things as a 'hierarchy' - including Maslow:

INCIDENTAL COMICS: The Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Problem With Maslow’s Pyramid | by Anthony Fieldman | Curious | Medium

Why Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Is Wrong — The House Journal

There are alternatives:

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Robot Needs

There's also Bloom:

Challenging Bloom's Taxonomy – David Didau

Bloom's taxonomy - Wikipedia

College Quarterly - Articles - Blooming Idiots: Educational Objectives, Learning Taxonomies and the Pedagogy of Benjamin Bloom

Bloom’s Taxonomy: The rubbish running education - World leading higher education information and services

Jay Doubleyou: a critique of learning objectives

Perhaps we need this alternative hierarchy:

INCIDENTAL COMICS: The Hierarchy of Humor (from 2016)

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