[etni] Re: etni Digest V2 #203 Nina's letter

From: Ariella Kopels <mckopels@xxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:09:34 -0700 (PDT)
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     I am very concerned about this public
non-response to the questions raised by teachers about
the modular Bagrut. It seems to me that our society is
sending out a signal to our children that there are
two possible options when responding to a problem:
cheat your way through and hope you don't get caught
or ignore it completely and hope it will go away.
     People in this country have many problems to deal
with so it is possible that the number of actual
complaints the Ministry received was small in relation
to the number of teachers in the country. These same
teachers are dealing with budget and staff cuts as
well. Like many other problems in the country it is
also possible that some  individuals feel that they
will simply be ignored until they "go away" so they
have not spoken up about their concerns.     
     It is all well and good that we were given a
booklet and "sample" exams (which our school used as a
"matconet") but they were so far removed from the
difficulty of the real exam that they left both the
teachers and the students with false expectations. It
is wonderful that we were given courses and other
information, but it is clear from the ETNI discussion
that these did not fully prepare us for the actual
testing.
     I must say that I support the module exam. I
think that it is a good idea and gives options to the
students that didn't exsist before. But until we
decide that we are testing ENGLISH and not higher
thinking, logic skills or citizenship and give the
students options to show what they know the test will
not be valid.

Ariella Kopels
 
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:15:26 +0200
> From: Ruth Sheffer <ruti044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [etni] Nina's letter
> 
> I just heard a comment from the Ministry (on Galei
> Zahal Razi Barkai's 
> show) They said that everything was fine in the Moed
> Alef ,the teachers 
> had had plenty of preparation ,including
> Hishtalmuyot online and a 
> booklet given out to them ,and they said there had
> only been "isolated 
> complaints about the level of the exam". Is that the
> end of it as far as 
> they are concerned??
> 



                
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[etni] Re: etni Digest V2 #203 Nina's letter

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