Posted by Editors
Education Philosophy, ESOL, FE, HE, In The News, Pre-School, Primary Education, Secondary Education
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
Why are there so many exam boards? The Edumonolith is the supplier of patronage, we know, but is it really necessary to have exams tailored to every level. Learning doesn’t happen in such a cosy way so why then do we still persist with levels and grades? One exam level to join them all, please. [...]
Posted by Editors
Education Philosophy, ESOL, FE, In The News
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
WE are very much against the use of numbers to assess education. Schools, colleges, universities and alike are NOT companies and shouldn’t be judged in the same way as an auditor judges a company i.e. on profits and costs. It should be the the impact on the students’ lives i.e. on their view of its [...]
Posted by Editors
Education Philosophy, In The News
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
Exams are racist, ageist, discriminate against the poor and punish those who either have no culture of exam-taking, take their time over things and/or suffer from bad teaching and/or schools.
