baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I'd agree that a significant part of teaching has always been directed at training kids to pass exams, but obviously the trend in this direction has become much more extreme over recent years.
The relentless and crushing emphasis upon measuring everything is by no means restricted to education though - it's society-wide. In the field in which I work, which relies upon obtaining grants in order to run projects of social usefulness, things have become similarly absurd with the hegemonic language of "outputs, outcomes and impact" imposed upon everyone. Qualitative evidence barely counts any longer.
Only just saw this part of the article:
'Sarah Cumberlidge remembers a taster day her school put on for kids in their last year of primary: "Little year 6s, who came in to do a lesson and try a few things. And afterwards, they said, 'But Miss, what was the learning objective?' I was horrified." '
As well you might be. Chilling.
The relentless and crushing emphasis upon measuring everything is by no means restricted to education though - it's society-wide. In the field in which I work, which relies upon obtaining grants in order to run projects of social usefulness, things have become similarly absurd with the hegemonic language of "outputs, outcomes and impact" imposed upon everyone. Qualitative evidence barely counts any longer.
Only just saw this part of the article:
'Sarah Cumberlidge remembers a taster day her school put on for kids in their last year of primary: "Little year 6s, who came in to do a lesson and try a few things. And afterwards, they said, 'But Miss, what was the learning objective?' I was horrified." '
As well you might be. Chilling.
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