Image: Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images Image: Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images HEAVY WORKLOADS AND a focus on rote learning are just some of the reasons why students, parents and teachers believe it is time to reform the current Leaving Cert cycle, according to a new study.
The majority of respondents were in favour of an overhaul of the current senior cycle, which incorporates transition year, fifth year and sixth year, to include spreading assessment out throughout the three years and using a wider variety of methods to assess student performance. “The high-stakes nature of the exam alongside the workload involved was seen as leading to a focus on ‘covering’ the course, leading to rote learning and feelings of stress and pressure rather than authentic understanding,” the study found.
Imagine if you could do that for all of the subjects, you could do half of it, done, and then the pressure, the immense pressure, would be taken off you straight away for next year. … And you’d be able to concentrate more and do better. Listening to young people Many participants highlighted the view that the current senior cycle programme provides limited pathways to success for students with a more practical orientation. It was also noted that pathways for students with special educational needs could be improved.
Many teachers and several parents felt that the new junior cycle had been introduced without consultation and were still unsure of the implications of these changes for student experiences and outcomes.
I studied 7 am to 8 pm for 3 years for my college entrance exam with thousands others in my school in China, the only thing we knew was to push through, never ever thought of the possibility missing classes because we were 'stressed' 🤔
Dumbing down education is child abuse.
Medals for everybody 😩
Heavy work load and pressure! Oh good lord, I really do dispair for us as a nation if this is the next generation that's coming up behind us.
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