According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power: Why Labour? Unlocking the talent and potential of each and every young person is at the heart of Labour’s vision for education. Since 1997, Labour has transformed education; young people are achieving some of the best ever […]
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Labour should grant more autonomy to teachers and schools in return for improved results. Teachers need more freedom to develop good lessons and real learning which needs to be less prescriptive and more creative. There still isn’t time to do this and Ed Balls/Gordon Brown never sound progressive when talking about education. They always sound harsh and punishing, prefering to pander to the Daily Mail ( a Labour favourite passtime)than seeking to inspire. Big mistake and a real shame.
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I agree because to make teaching more effective it has to be a lot more creative to ensure students get inspired and not bored but that shouldn’t mean ditching the text books because a good teacher has to realize that every student has a different learning ability and not all students learn by doing practical work. However as a student myself I have seen a lot of development at schools for example we have better facilities and a lot more opportunities being opened up for us like work shops encouraging us to consider higher education and more support for us before we go into the working world.
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education needs to focus more on raising standards in learning, dramatically. too many new subjects are brought in for pupils to take on, especially during their gsce’s. it is impossible for them to cope and achieve a good sound knowledge base for their future. exams etc have been repeatedly watered down over the years that children really do not have the essential skills to go to work with. there is far too much emphasis on entertaining these children in class. since when should we compete with a tv program to ensure they learn. since when should the children get the say on what should be taught. overall, it may appear that we are getting better results but this is an illusion. we are teaching children to be dumbed down and these are the children who will be teaching and working in our future and raising others. on top of that, there is far too much pandering to their behaviour.
And what is all this quality assurance about. since when is teaching about filling in tick boxes? teachers should be teachers. more and more jobs are being dumped on educators and it effect them being actually able to teach their subject. why should there be so much bs to work through. keep it simple and direct to the point.
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