Education Looks Like it Has Lost The Plot
With more focus and energy being placed on securing funding and accreditation than teaching, it seems schools and universities are forced to make learning outcomes their second priority.
How can the education system hope to be effective when schools are influenced more by politicians and bureaucrats than by teachers; and educators are forced to make saving money, compliance, paperwork and assessment a higher priority than teaching and learning?
Take a look at these recent quotes:
‘We don’t have enough time to run a school’
‘Bernice McCabe, head teacher and co-director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute, thinks that heads have to deal with too many initiatives.’
- TES Magazi...read more