Teach Less, Learn More
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sleepy:
Exactly...why allocate so little time to Science? I was quite shocked when I saw the time-table while typing it out to make a size to fit the pencil case then I realised it.janet_lee88:
Science, esp is one subject which students have problems with. The information in the textbook is so pathetic, but yet students are expected to answer tough questions set by the school. How can students possibly prepare for these open-ended questions when they have not been taught in class ?
I've similar observation & had feedback to dd's Science hod.
The reply is there is only 2 to 2.5 hours of Science period each week.... -
Chenonceau:
Not all subjects have the luxury of a lecture....I am pleased if there is even a lecture. Some are just collection of half-baked instructions for assignments and then have to get it done at home. It varies from teacher to teacher, there is no fixed pedagogy. And for most of these teachers, their real money is working in enrichment centres or private tuition after work in school so there is no compelling reason to strive so hard in school and school is just their springboard to better income, this is just being realistic. I don't blame them, the blame falls squarely on the shoulder of whoever designs this. Could it just be a myopic individual's contribution, who knows? Could it be deliberate to make the teaching profession attractive too, who knows? These days I only communicate with God...because God knows. :lol: :lol: :lol:Actually, to teach such mental SKILLS. Small group coaching is essential. Given the syllabus, you need a lecture tutorial system where big groups are exposed to a short theory talk through and then tutors take over for skills practice.
That is what is happening now when parents coach kids after school or engage tutors to do so. School does the lecture. Parents and tutors do the skills practice after school. If that is so, they should shorten school hours so we have more time for practice. To go to school to listen to 6 hours of lecture makes no sense. -
chamonix:
It's not hearsay, his name is published in Mindstretcher website. No secret.bebebub:
Anyone has any idea if the recent top scorers for PSLE receives tuition? I can only remember it was reported that most of them have parents who are high fliers and/or professionals.
Qualifier : This is only heresay. The PSLE top scorer last year was having enrichment lessons at Mindstretcher.
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ksi:
Any idea if he was also attending Learning Lab? Nowadays, some kids attend more than one enrichment centre, take up extra activities. I wonder where they find the time and energy...It's not hearsay, his name is published in Mindstretcher website. No secret.
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chamonix:
Concurrently, probably not....can easily check TLL's board of achievements so he would have been \"exposed\". However, it does not rule out that he might have been to TLL prior to joining MS. He was an Olympiad Math kid too so it was likely that he had to undergo extra Math training in an Olympiad Math centre. However, having said this, he is consistently a performing student in his school so he does have brains to begin with.
Any idea if he was also attending Learning Lab? Nowadays, some kids attend more than an enrichment centre, take up extra activities. I wonder where they find the energy and time...ksi:
It's not hearsay, his name is published in Mindstretcher website. No secret.
Lastly I just want to say being the top PSLE kid has to do with luck factor. The top 15-20 kids in the chart all have a chance of being the top PSLE kid......the last part to determine who gets it is really the \"luck\" factor in some of the marking outcome in the subjective areas. So if you find the common points of these top 15-20 kids as your data points, you will probably discover more patterns that you are looking for.
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Augmum:
Yeah lor... Shocking right? First time I experience this too but my son came back with marked English compo with a few ticks and some minor corrections but no marks. He said \"This teacher never give marks.\"
w/o marks ?? oh...i think this is the first time i heard,Chenonceau:
Mine only did 4. Worse, the compo comes back without marks for English... And without comments for Chinese. He doesn't know what he did wrong or can improve.
no marks are given after marking compo writing. -
cantbearit2:
:shock: :shock: Guess tis is wat i can expect in future for my DD is tis is the trend of most schChenonceau:
Mine only did 4. Worse, the compo comes back without marks for English... And without comments for Chinese. He doesn't know what he did wrong or can improve.
Hope lor... Perhaps MOE will revise the system again? -
ksi:
Yup! I noticed that too. The syllabus emphasizes skills. One can only learn skills via skills practice and personalized feedback. Classes are too big for this type of teaching. Teachers with multiple 35-student classes have no time to give skills practice feedback. Teaching skills via talk talk talk ends up half-baked because skills being skills, you must DO to learn.
Not all subjects have the luxury of a lecture....I am pleased if there is even a lecture. Some are just collection of half-baked instructions for assignments and then have to get it done at home. It varies from teacher to teacher, there is no fixed pedagogy. -
ksi:
Exactly...why allocate so little time to Science? I was quite shocked when I saw the time-table while typing it out to make a size to fit the pencil case then I realised it.[/quote]Just teaching from the pathetic Perfect Match textbook for Science is NOT going to pass. There are NO supplementary notes from school, yet HOD Science can tell me crap like students wil bounce back from failure to doing well at SA1/2 for P5.sleepy:
[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Science, esp is one subject which students have problems with. The information in the textbook is so pathetic, but yet students are expected to answer tough questions set by the school. How can students possibly prepare for these open-ended questions when they have not been taught in class ?
I've similar observation & had feedback to dd's Science hod.
The reply is there is only 2 to 2.5 hours of Science period each week.... -
Brenda10:
This is very bad! Paper 1 (compo.) is usually quite difficult to score well.[/quote]Normally for CL, the Marks will Come Back in 2 separate sections :
w/o marks ?? oh...i think this is the first time i heard,Augmum:
[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
Mine only did 4. Worse, the compo comes back without marks for English... And without comments for Chinese. He doesn't know what he did wrong or can improve.
no marks are given after marking compo writing.
Content MAx 20, \"Jie Ko\" (Language, etc) Max 20 Marks
I'm Surprised there is No Marks.
Perhaps U Need to Feedback to the Sch, Or Request from the T Personally.
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