By: zenpi

zenpi
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:27:32 +0000

In reply to Hit The North!!!.

You certainly can teach to the test especially at GCSE and much of the pressure for this comes from the students and parents. “Is this in the syllabus?” is a whine I have heard when a teacher wants to stretch and challenge. I was fortunate in my most recent employer where the students were keen to explore.

I don’t really believe schools exist to give vocational education, what vocations? Schools exist to teach basic skills and to help students pass the exams necessary for them to follow the path of their choice. However, teachers who care for their subject will do this but will try to develop an interest in their students.
Unfortunately many schools in practice have a model which bores both teacher and student by a narrow focus on tests.