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Originally Posted by Taf
That's what tests are for, ultimately. How to judge a teacher? Test their pupils....
The attitude nowadays seems to be to train kids to pass exams, not to learn useful stuff.
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Well yes, that's the point I'm making and that might account for why some of them seem so against the tests.
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Given the lamentable standard that the pupils of these teachers achieve compared to other countries I think they're mortally afraid of being found out to be useless.
If children are "being stressed out" over some tests this is purely the fault of those applying the tests no doubt for their own nefarious purposes. i.e. Arse covering.
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I think there's an element of that. Osem Jnr's coming to the end of his teaching degree and during his time in the classroom (on both sides of the desk) he's come across a number of teachers he considers pretty poor for a variety of reasons. On the other hand, there have been those, doubtless many, who go above and beyond what a lot of people might expect.
There's little doubt in my mind that our children need to be tested throughout their time at school but just what form that'd best take I wouldn't like to say. The problem comes when hitting results targets becomes all that matters and the education our children receive is reduced to exam practice. I can't say I'd like to be a teacher.