Drago
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I think that's frowned upon . . .
Apparently it's OK with History teachers.
I think that's frowned upon . . .
yeeebut...
I've had a few beers, this is just a cycling forum and i ain't writing a formal e-mail to a student's parent... but other tan that...
No I'm not. When I was at school, coursework was always a project that made up a percentage of your overall mark for GCSEs etc, and was not done in class. You had 3 months or whatever time to do it, but your normal lessons carried on as normal so your homework was always coursework AND whatever else you were given in the lesson.I think you're confusing coursework with homework.
Depends on the subject. In science, when I was teaching (it's not the same now), coursework involved planning and carrying out an investigation and then writing it up. The investigation was done in class and, for the less able (and less willing!) the writing up was often done in class as well, so the teacher could make sure they got on with it. The way 'coursework' is assessed changes with time (every bloody government think they know far better than teachers how things should be taught and assessed!)No I'm not. When I was at school, coursework was always a project that made up a percentage of your overall mark for GCSEs etc, and was not done in class. You had 3 months or whatever time to do it, but your normal lessons carried on as normal so your homework was always coursework AND whatever else you were given in the lesson.
And every bloody parent and a significant minority of the students also think they know far better than teachers how things should be taught and assessed! Much of government seems to be made up of such people - yay, representativeness(!)The way 'coursework' is assessed changes with time (every bloody government think they know far better than teachers how things should be taught and assessed!)
I used to have fun with a few of the know-it-alls (the ones who were nice kids apart from that) by handing over the chalk (that dates me!) and retiring to the back of the class while they attempted to explain something to the rest. They soon learned it wasn't quite as easy as they thought and/or they didn't know quite as much as they thought they did!And every bloody parent and a significant minority of the students also think they know far better than teachers how things should be taught and assessed! Much of government seems to be made up of such people - yay, representativeness(!)
I didn't mind so much when I was teaching at a level where I understood why I was doing things and could justify it and persuade most except the "I'm paying £x000/year for this and the customer is always right therefore you should do as I want" ones, but as I moved younger, what I was required to teach and how didn't always make sense to me...
Coursework nowadays is done in class. It is a requirement of exam boards that the work is done under supervision of the teacher so you can be sure that it is the pupil's own work.No I'm not. When I was at school, coursework was always a project that made up a percentage of your overall mark for GCSEs etc, and was not done in class. You had 3 months or whatever time to do it, but your normal lessons carried on as normal so your homework was always coursework AND whatever else you were given in the lesson.
My God - you're ANCIENT! A veritable crumbly!... When I was at school, coursework was always a project that made up a percentage of your overall mark for GCSEs etc, and was not done in class ...
Shame, it ought to be compulsory they they go out & get an education in the real world before being allowed to be cosseted within the school system, our children's education is too valuable to be left to people who do not have a clue how the real world works, it's all theory & no practise.I think that's frowned upon . . .
Please provide us with your list of jobs constituting "the real world"Shame, it ought to be compulsory they they go out & get an education in the real world before being allowed to be cosseted within the school system, our children's education is too valuable to be left to people who do not have a clue how the real world works, it's all theory & no practise.
Shame, it ought to be compulsory they they go out & get an education in the real world before being allowed to be cosseted within the school system, our children's education is too valuable to be left to people who do not have a clue how the real world works, it's all theory & no practise.