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Education: UK
Oz wrote:
The (UK) Economist 19/4/3 P25 Qualifications of teachers teaching in UK percent: Physics Chemistry Biology Without degree 75 50 40 Without "A" level 30 15 25 Truly mind-boggling ..... NOTE for non-UK readers: These subjects are taught from age 13. "A" levels taken aged 17 and give entry to university. Usually about 3 "A" levels are taken. The standard of a 'pass' at "A" level is *very* modest. The standard of a good grade is high. The Ministry of Defence has had to offer remedial maths for applicants with a "C" (middle grade) in GCSE (age 15) maths because they found they were often baffled by fractions. Coventry University's tests have shown that a "B" grade in "A" level maths is about the same or worse than an "N" (fail) in 1991. This particular whinge has the longest legs in history. Every generation finds a reason to complain that they had a much better education than the current crop of students. the belief kept the teaching of Latin as a living language alive until long after the last Roman Emperor's final bacchanal. So science moves forward with nanotech, wi-fi, genome analysis, cloning the bauteng, creating new materials and rightly ignores the critics. When a test or experiment fails to represent reality, it is the testing that must change. Dennis |
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