A proper test
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Owens88
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A proper test
Not a quiz this time. For info only.
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/test/
For those blocked from the BBC news there is deep soul searching (i.e. 'finger-pointing' ) going on about the fact that England fell out of the top tier on a world-wide test of core skills (above Wales but below Ireland).
This example test gives the answers and explains what is being tested.
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/test/
For those blocked from the BBC news there is deep soul searching (i.e. 'finger-pointing' ) going on about the fact that England fell out of the top tier on a world-wide test of core skills (above Wales but below Ireland).
This example test gives the answers and explains what is being tested.
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The Pisa tests, and the thinking behind them are good for general applicability of the subject. Learning can be achieved in many ways, even sans teachers, so the supposed differences between teaching methods may be illusory.
The most interesting part of the 'aftermath' on TV in the UK has been an interview with a teacher who was part of a team of educationalists who went to China to investigate their success over there.
It wasn't, just, down to cramming or attitude but there teachers have time between lessons (to work not 'down time') and are encouraged to be collaborative in order to keep on helping individual students improve. Professional norms eh?
I have been in UK businesses and been a teacher. I have never seen a less collaborative profession than teaching in the UK (though I haven't worked in the NHS).
I also note that the structure of the teaching week / year in the UK has less to do with learning, or even use of expensive resources, than the 'norms' expected by UK teachers.
Rant over. Sorry.
The most interesting part of the 'aftermath' on TV in the UK has been an interview with a teacher who was part of a team of educationalists who went to China to investigate their success over there.
It wasn't, just, down to cramming or attitude but there teachers have time between lessons (to work not 'down time') and are encouraged to be collaborative in order to keep on helping individual students improve. Professional norms eh?
I have been in UK businesses and been a teacher. I have never seen a less collaborative profession than teaching in the UK (though I haven't worked in the NHS).
I also note that the structure of the teaching week / year in the UK has less to do with learning, or even use of expensive resources, than the 'norms' expected by UK teachers.
Rant over. Sorry.