On 2003-12-01 21:36:11 +0000 Colin McQueen <cmcqueen@mcqueen.uk.net> wrote:
I meant guarantee that consultants are working at changing this practise. Don't you applaud the effort? or should we just submit?
I had a relevant fortune cookie from one of my projects today: "Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done." -- James J Ling. Sorry if that's harsh, but I'm pessimistic about mere training being able to overcome the effects of the reporting systems. If we see glowing reports about Hampshire in the future, I will heap you with praise.
ROTFL. Everyone starts somewhere. Anyway CSS ARE in the latest training module for teachers. HTML is not gone. Its still in use.
HTML is obsoleted in favour of xhtml. Today, no-one should teach new learners HTML in the first instance.
You don't just immediately switch to the latest version in schools that is ridiculous. Who's going to pay to train staff?
Who's going to pay to retrain everyone who is taught known-obsolete material? Do you normally continue teaching towards old exam versions because it costs to train staff for the new one?
Sorry I don't understand your point? Unless its about ICT doing the job of the English teacher. The point is the pupils need somewhere to put this together.
Basically, yes. Put it in cross-subject time. It can't be that computing teachers should have a shortage of material to teach in these times in which we live.
How do you assess process? Teachers can't be everywhere at once. Are extra assessors used in Hampshire? You get pupils to annotate the work as they go.
Do you give them the benefit of the doubt, or do you refer them when they fail to do this? In the first case, there's pressure from the senior assessors; in the second, the heads criticise the reduced progress. I don't think it's from a loss of basic teaching skills. Although the basic idea ("explain your reasoning") is sound, this does not seem a practical assessment method with declining staff levels.
I have never understood all this sexual discrimination. When do boys get encouraged to be programmers? Dunno but there atre far more male programmers than female.
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