Broadening the horizon in learning
Once again the UK education think tank has come up with a different option. The change suggested in the method of child and in turn school assessment will inevitably cause disruption in schools and give teachers more to do during the transition. For some time teachers have admitted to a tendency to teach to test, with its focus on passing tests to the detriment of broadening the learning horizon.
The resultant narrowing of the curriculum has frustrated teachers and stifled knowledge. If knowledge is the practical application of learning no wonder we are producing a subset of children with mismatched capacity to meet modern industry and commercial requirements. Whilst the new moves to replace the national tests for 11 - 14 year olds with a system of monitoring a child’s individual improvement, along with the expansion in the curriculum horizon is very positive, the concern is whether we have got it right his time. Will it take a generation to prove the point. At the moment we seem to be repairing the education system rather than improving it.
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