[etni] Re: Teachers: High school exams are ruining study of social sc
- From: HAGIT LAHAV חגית להב <hagit_27@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:26:36 +0200
I totally agree that teachers shouldn't be testing robots, and schools and
education shouldn't be about achievements and benchmarks, numbers and
grades, and teachers and schools MUSTN'T be rewarded (Gmulim etc..) for
their students grades, otherwise it will become a factory, we will be the
workers, and honesty won't necessarily be the best policy... for pupils and
teachers. (I didn't mention us checking all those tests (Meitzav Pnimi for
5th ad 8th graders), twice a year every year for 4 years, sitting for hours
and hours feeding data into Excel files (Meitzavit) and keeping track of
numbers and percentages. I struggle to have the moments of joy with my
pupils, seeing the spark in their curious eyes, just enjoying studying for
studying only. I hope that teachers and teaching will not become ROBOTIZED.
A quote from the article: "When you are dealing with a time frame that
requires sprints to cover the material, there is no time for 'the soul.'
As a mother to a HS pupil and as a teacher I can say, that it is terrifying
to see the robotics in action, as far as the Bagrut is concerned- I don't
see a SOUL (my HS son will surely agree with me) in this race.
We mustn't lose the soul in teaching! Teaching is all about soul!
Hagit Lahav
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 07:52:55 +0200
Subject: [etni] Fwd: Teachers: High school exams are ruining study of social
sc
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From: laurie ornstein <laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Teachers: High school exams are ruining study of social
sciences (Ha'aretz)
Hi All,
Just to keep you in the loop on how other subject teachers, social
studies, literature and Bible, feel about the Bagrut and where we're
going these days...turning our schools into testing factories. Sigh...
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/teachers-high-school-exams-are
-ruining-study-of-social-sciences-1.387792
Laurie
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