Education and learning is vital no matter who you are and it is the backbone of society. If we don’t understand more about ourselves, our lives and the lives of those around us, then how can we ever understand others. In this day and age educational institutions have been put under vast amounts of pressure to reach government education goals and this has come under fire from both teachers and parents. It appears that rather than developing learning and life skills that will help them develop into young adults, schools are teaching children how to pass tests.
There is nothing wrong with this as long as they are learning about the subject as well but while many students may know the correct answer, is there any point if they don’t understand it? The real concern however is coming from employers who have said that the undergraduate students that they are receiving directly from University can’t cope with the working environment and basic concepts like their life skills aren’t developed enough. The concern with this is that business employers are limiting the number of university candidates in favour of those with experience as these candidates are usually multi skilled and won’t require additional training like presentation skills training.
Those of you have a learning disability like dyslexia and attend a special needs school then you may have an advantage over others. This sounds strange but the reason for this is that independent schools control their own syllabus and teach different areas of subjects. As well as this it means that children’s individual learning skills can be catered for so kids with dyslexia can be taught in a way that suits the individual rather than the majority. This sort of teaching can usually only be found in specialist dyslexic schools but it allows dyslexic pupils to learn and understand more.
Another problem with examination based teaching is that pupils who have had to move schools a number of times often get left behind as a result. This is particularly true for children who come from a military background as their parents are often sent to different army bases at both home and overseas. If you trace the military genealogy of families that have a history in the army, you will often see that the school performance of the individual members of the family is typically poor unless they have spent their exam years in one place.
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