tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post3059246734497888835..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: The Death of The PragmatistAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-13857489010725258692012-09-27T15:07:37.669+01:002012-09-27T15:07:37.669+01:00I agree with you that it is a retrograde step but ...I agree with you that it is a retrograde step but in many ways and for many children the on-going assessment & portfolio is more of how well their parents can help them than them showing what they can do from what I have seen in recent years.<br /><br />Aris is not wired the exam way either, cannot listen for hours or even seconds it would seem. Maybe schools & colleges would benefit from having lessons to find out what kind of learner you are & structure classes accordingly. Maybe when this happens smart people will stop falling through the cracks. I pray that my young lady will have her light bulb moment soon.Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687914247368368360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-21411924081043677622012-09-27T12:59:10.600+01:002012-09-27T12:59:10.600+01:00I agree absolutely with every word of the wonderfu...I agree absolutely with every word of the wonderful Ken Robinson's thinking on this subject.<br />Like you David, and also like UKViewer, I failed dismally in the eyes of the then education structure, and like you am seriously concerned about this retrograde step.<br />It will simply perpetuate the myth that some, a small percentage of students are worth 'wasting' valuable resources on, while the remainder, who fail to reach the standard of the day, are simply not worth all the effort and expense.<br />This is how the elitist society has survived for so long, and why "some are more equal than others".<br />There is an immense treasure house of talent and ingenuity out there just waiting to be tapped.<br />This time voices must be raised in protest, before the proposals become law.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-46365905333999298592012-09-27T12:02:09.688+01:002012-09-27T12:02:09.688+01:00Thank you for your honesty. I think that I am the...Thank you for your honesty. I think that I am the same, in that I might not have academic talent and an inability to retain detailed information, I know that I can get the shape and feel of a topic or subject from a similar experience. Perhaps a combination of the things you, but also with revision and writing everything down.<br /><br />I sat the 11+ and failed. Went to a Secondary Modern and left at 16 with zilch. Joined the Army who trained me, part of that training was practical education to prepare me for becoming an NCO in my role this went hand in hand with technical training for the job and of course military training to be a soldier.<br /><br />This model continued through my career. We had to submit written work for the theory, but were also assessed on the practical by 'doing it'.<br /><br />Later, they introduced modular training (sadly after my time in training) testing at the end of each module with an overall assessment at the end of a course. This seems to me to be similar to GCSE's and no body is arguing that our Army is any less capable or professional than any other in the world. <br /><br />A combination of modular training, combined with ongoing assessment of progress at the end of each stage, with a final written and practical submission may be the way ahead for education. It works for the Army, I now am educated to Level 7 in Leadership and Management. This can perhaps be classed as Vocational training, but there was a substantial amount of academic study over the years, essay submission and marking, evidence of achievement was available, but wasn't asked for or about.<br /><br />Unfortunately the church assessed an possible inability to cope with academic learning at BAP, which was one, among the reasons for the Non Recommendation for training. All of this seems a bit strange as I would have been entering a modular, part-time programme. <br /><br />Does this mean that I am written off? No, my Vicar and many others have confidence that something else will come along, and we are working on that. How many young students who fail academically will be given that opportunity?<br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-5620600165665220682012-09-27T11:49:57.808+01:002012-09-27T11:49:57.808+01:00Such good sense! I was good at exams, but know so ...Such good sense! I was good at exams, but know so many people who weren't and only shone when other methods of assessment were introduced. Abandoning GCSE model is a backward step, not justified educationally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com