[etni] Fw: RE: tziyun shnati, yearly grade

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:38:34 +0200
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From: "Eleanor" <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: tziyun shnati, yearly grade

1)    The project is most certainly meant to be in the school grade.  The
Ministry site gives very clear guidlelines.  The problem at this time is
with Irgun teachers who followed Irgun  policy, didn't  do the project and
now there is an oral bagrut, where 60% is presentation of the
(non-existant?) project.  Irgun teachers are also advised/asked not to test
the project.   As an irgun teacher – by following the guidelines I may hurt
my pupils;  by NOT following them I have certainly hurt myself and my
colleagues.   Oh, well, what else is new…?

2)    Extensive reading.  Literature is supposed to be 33% of the grade and
it is  supposed to be assessed in some form.   5 Book reports are mandatory
for 5 pointers in the high school  Again:  this information has always been
on the website .

3)    Among the Inspectorate's reasons and justifications for the new
literature module is that many teachers teach a lot of literature and it is
not felt justified in "the weight of its grade" and many students /parents
complain that it is a waste of time.

On the other side of the scale are the many teachers who do NOT teach
literature, do book reports etc etc etc because no one checks up on them.

I strongly believe with Bari –although the tziyun shanty has many drawbacks,
it does allow the teacher to reward the hard working pupil for his efforts
even if they meet with limited success on exams themselves.  Our system /
culture here is NOT like abroad and the tziyun shnati is often what gets the
kids to do something (like book reports and projects).  This is true for
many subjects, not only English: many kids would prefer to do Hebrew lit or
Tanach/Bible externally, i.e. not go to classes/homework
/participation/tests:  just study with a private teacher or in a cram course
and show up for the exam.

One of my objections to the HOTS  log is the fact that the internal grade
BECOMES the final grade. How many times ( this week…) do I have
parents/pupils trying to make up for  no=projects, no book reprots so that
the tziyun shnati is NOT ruined.   I can't wait for the future:   a log of 3
years to be crammed into  a week's  work with the private teacher, or
purchased online  or whatever….   I have already been threatened IN THE
TEACHERS ROOM BY PARENTS because of dissatisfaction  with an internal school
grade.   And when that grade becomes THE FINAL grade?

But – I believe in order to save money – this is the way the Ministry is
going – only certain core subjects will be tested nationally and the other
subjects will be tested internally.   The Matriculation Grade is going to be
worthless  for the Universities who will demand greater weight on the 
psychometric
tests.

 And does ANYONE believe that this (internal grades, no national exam ) is
going to RAISE the standards of the education here…?

Eleanor


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