วันจันทร์ที่ 15 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555

The Secret Teacher is sick of being a slave to league tables

BTEC science has never been equivalent to GCSE and now will not count in the rankings of our school is falling. Where does that leave the lower level students who can not pass a test? Now I'm waiting for the next round to "improve performance" at the expense of learning

Sam I love teaching. It is a kind, happy 15 years, despite his intellectual limitations, remains largely happy. This triumph of nature must be recognized. Your school day is almost constant struggle cognitive, however, he can laugh and smile and treat people around you with the respect that is often associated with children his age. It is also a source of considerable joy. Recently asked to design a brochure to describe the transfer of energy in the home. A look of pain came in the light of his face which is not surprising, since the energy is one of the more abstract concepts of physics. "Lord," I finally asked, "What is a flyer?"

Sam is not rare, it is not surprising that strives to meet the learning of energy, regardless of their experience of brochures. If Sam had to pass a test most likely only be able to recall basic facts. However, Sam was lucky. He BTEC Applied Science course, which does not have exams. This is an important point. To pass, Sam did not demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding of yourself, armed only with a pen, paper and a brain. Instead, to assess their ability, Sam must produce a bewildering variety of courses. Basically, you can do that with my help, the help of his classmates, the Internet or any other source of information.

student work on your project is marked by the teacher, and then improve in response to the Board. This can be repeated as many times as necessary. If this occurs during a test, would be cheating, but in BTEC, not only allowed, it is encouraged. The course is assessed in this way. Therefore, BTEC is considered an easy solution.

The easy option is how we ensure that students do not miss. It is called D / C students limits, for which there are many intervention strategies in place, but students from low capacity for which a grade E is a success. The most gifted students are placed in courses such as BTEC science, providing the best possible chance of death. There is nothing wrong with developing students' skills in research and presentation, and rewarding work, and there BTEC.

In fact, these courses should be commended for precisely these reasons. However, we must not deceive a pass has a value equivalent to GCSE academic, because their model does not allow accurate measurements for assessing students' abilities. This is partly why BTEC science students, regardless of their qualifications, not the right to do A-Level science.

. Master Secret this week is a science teacher and guidance counselor.

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