Parents, teachers and students might find it interesting to
take notice of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove’s increasingly clear news
on examination standards. He has stated that he has clear objectives to raise
educational standards. He has called for a relook at education, saying that
Labour Government has made getting good grades easy and that a more rigorous
system needs to be put in place. He has put forward promoting more
traditionally styled examinations where exams take most of the focus and these
exams are done at the end of the academic year, with a significantly less
proportion of course work. He believes that the final year examinations should
become much more rigorous and for it to be more challenging to achieve high
grades. The aim is to help students of greater talent be distinguished more
from their peers.
Gove has taken these ideas further in questioning whether
pupils are receiving the right type of education and whether it meets the needs
of students. He is arguing that there needs to be a focus back on the core
elements of learning, which he particularly point out in science. He wants
there to be an education for students that gives them a solid foundation from
which they can build their learning from. Gove said in regard to the science
education;
“What [students] need is a
rooting in the basic scientific principles, Newton’s laws of thermodynamics and
Boyle’s law”
At Exam Central we feel that as educators, we must continue
to help students improve and enable them to adapt to changes in their education
when those issues arise. We recognise that these ne ideas of how children are
educated are important issues for debate for both teachers and schools.
(Sources: Guardian and Telegraph).
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