Teachers are the scapegoats for any shortcomings in our education I can dig up plenty of research evidence to Large class sizes so that the limited teaching talent that is availableĬan be spread widely. Teachers themselves usuallyĭecry it but the evidence has long been in. Them and unlike "New Matilda", however, I have a solution that worksĪnd has been working for many years. So I concur with the judgements of some of my fellowĬonservatives that teaching quality in our schools is often poor. The expansion of teacher trainingįrom one year to four has certainly not been shown to raise teachingĪs the "Teach for America" program has clearly shown, Like university degrees for nurses, it mayĮven be a negative influence. And the unavoidable conclusion is that teacher
I taught for many years at both the secondary schoolĪnd university levels and, along the way, got to see a bit about myįellow teachers. Leftists love "ad hominem" arguments so let me use oneĪgainst them. The two female writers confessed that they are not themselves They quite fairly pointĬomments or constuctive suggestions in the article? I can't see This wonderful Leftist idea worked wonders? No. Labour government of giving every child a laptop computer. They DO look at the evidence on one thing: The policy of the last It was just an outpouring of rage, as one expectsįrom Leftists. So I read theĬharacteristically long-winded article concerned right through lookingįor contrary evidence. That the quality of teaching in Australian schools needs to be raisedĪnd this has aroused "New Matilda" ire. Conservative State and Federal politicians have said In its amusing Leftist way, "New Matilda" has broached this Insightfully on Australian affairs, who could? Vo-Vos and betting on the neddies, however. I particularly pride myself on myįamiliarity with the great Australian slanguage.
I like all things that are iconically Australian: meat pies, So I think I am as Australian as you can get. Member of the world's second-most condemned minority: WASPs (the mostĬondemned is of course the Jews - which may be why I tend to like In the State where I was born and still live: Queensland.
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