longun":f1x2kp7q said:by the way, i fekin love teaching my specialism!!!
Which I'm assuming is not English.
longun":f1x2kp7q said:by the way, i fekin love teaching my specialism!!!
NeilM":3sdljpb0 said:longun":3sdljpb0 said:by the way, i fekin love teaching my specialism!!!
Which I'm assuming is not English.
Retro Cat":27h4hdlu said:longun":27h4hdlu said:drystonepaul":27h4hdlu said:I've worked in the Further Education and Alternative Education sectors for the past 11 years, teaching mostly A-Level, BTEC and other accredited and non accredited courses to a vast range of people.
I've worked in various areas and have worked with primary school kids, young offenders, young people with mental health issues, people with disabilities and groups of adult learners up to the age of 92.
One thing that I have learned (amongst many things) is that what you can teach is what individuals are willing to learn.
Aspiration, ambition and self motivation goes a long, long way.
Now there is only so much I can do as a teacher to inspire people.
What I find a bit depressing is that sometimes it feels that as teachers we're the only ones who are trying to do that.
Parental and cultural influence is a much overlooked factor when it comes to academic or vocational performance.
completely agree paul, been teaching in FE for 4 years now. parents need to take more responsibility as well. i have found that the secondary educational system is letting everyone down. privatising them will not cure anything imho.
by the way, i fekin love teaching my specialism!!!
Hello, hello "secondary educational system is letting everyone down" how come?
lumos2000":zb5954w5 said:disagre all you like but dont tell me what to teach my kids, at the moment a job in aldi is all this country has to offer no matter what your education, my daughter is no different to all the rest she wants to be a vet. shes just changed school from a pirtty decent first school to a shit middle school. she is currently lined up to go to the worst school in the country unless we can move to a different catchment area. i try to make as much difference i can but i know from experience that a decent school does matter.
lumos2000":1rmn142r said:disagre all you like but dont tell me what to teach my kids, at the moment a job in aldi is all this country has to offer no matter what your education, my daughter is no different to all the rest she wants to be a vet. shes just changed school from a pirtty decent first school to a shit middle school. she is currently lined up to go to the worst school in the country unless we can move to a different catchment area. i try to make as much difference i can but i know from experience that a decent school does matter.
markyp":2qclntgc said:I think that there is a certain degree of teaching to the exam in schools. It's almost learning to pass the exam rather than understanding the topic. I think that there is a difference between learning and understanding.
markyp":1q7u22s1 said:teenagers seem to get a lot of stick...but I believe that they are simply a product of their environment/education system.