[etni] High school teachers contemplate strike over new English lit program
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High school teachers contemplate strike over new English lit program
Haaretz - July 10, 2009
Veteran English teachers this week criticized the Education Ministry for
"forcing" a controversial new program for teaching English literature at
high schools and said going ahead with the plan could lead to a strike.
Critics say the plan exploits teachers and ignores weaker pupils, but
proponents say it reintroduces literature into the classroom while
encouraging independent thought.
The new plan, which is supposed to be implemented nationally in September,
was one of the central issues discussed on Monday and Tuesday at the annual
conference of the English Teachers' Association of Israel, held in
Jerusalem.
Citing the additional unpaid work the program is expected to generate, the
Secondary School Teachers Association called for a boycott of the initiative
after it was announced last year.
"The ministry is forcing this program upon and pushing it down our throats
despite sanctions and despite serious pedagogical concerns," said a senior
teacher from Jerusalem on condition of anonymity. The teacher, a veteran
immigrant from South Africa, argued the ministry must first resolve the
dispute with the teachers' union and only then set about implementing the
program. "As things stand, teachers have two bad options: Either be scabs,
or not know what to teach," she added.
(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099192.html )
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