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Post by Vene on Mar 22, 2009 10:30:13 GMT -5
One group comes earlier than other and the other leaves later than the other. Teachers get more time with individual students. That's part of the reason I choose to go to my current university. We don't have large classes. Sure, I had a couple with ~100 students, but for the most part it's <30 (for fuck's sake biochem lab only has 10 of us). Also, Sky, quit blaming the fucking unions. If it wasn't for them, then administration would gladly have teachers work for minimum wage with no health benefits (here in Michigan health benefits are being cut along with salary). You're not a fucking authority on this (or anything for that matter). I would be much more interested in Sandman's view considering he is a fucking teacher, not some brat in business school. |
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Post by MaybeNever on Mar 22, 2009 14:48:25 GMT -5
And in my opinion: you can't put too much weight on that reading part on those PISA-testings , thou. We have extremely easy language to read since (almost) everything is written as it it pronounced and almost every normal kid learns to read during first grade unless they already read when they come to school. (I knew most of the alphabet by the time I went to school but I still remeber the feeling I had when I realised that I knew how to read EVERYTHING! And not just slowly repeat the letters from the texts trying to get the feeling of what the words were. This happened less than two months after the school started...) I had a similar experience when I first started school. I had learned how to read before starting, when a lot of kids didn't know how (and I'm betting most people here had the same thing happen), but I never revealed the fact. I feigned difficulty reading, just trying to keep pace with my peers. I wonder what prompted me to do that. |
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 22, 2009 14:48:50 GMT -5
My music theory classes all had 4-8 people. It was awesome, because we had so much 1 on 1 time. The major problem is maintaining a faculty large enough to provide significantly smaller class loads, and that would require a lot of cash (Both incentives to lure new teachers and more money for the new job slots).
Otherwise, you're not going to see much "individual tailoring."
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