Teach Less, Learn More
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Brenda10:
brenda, as for my gal's pri sch, i think 1 term the most 2 compos.Augmum:
[quote=\"Brenda10\"]I’m also quite upset about the compo. writing. I cannot understand the marks in P5/P6 became 40 marks and yet the exposure is very little.
As of today, the following is the output of attending external class vs school:
CL compo, external is 14 and school is 5.
EL Compo. external is 15 and school is 5
so yr figure \"5\" belongs to 1 term or 1 yr.
Hi augmum, this figure is as of this week lah.[/quote] :? this week, 1 wk 5 compos,
or u mean up till this week from beginning of the yr ??
i am still blurr....
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markfch:
:goodpost:
Come on Janet, MOE made a mistake, but it's a spelling mistake.janet_lee88:
I have to send my son for creative writing class bcos his teacher doesn't teach them to write. Enrichment centres enjoy good biz bcos of the poor teaching system in schools.
When I first saw 'teach less, learn more'...I felt that something was just not right.
It's actually supposed to be 'Teach less, earn more'.
The schs teach less .......... And the tuition ctrs earn more. Get it, get it! :lol: -
Chenonceau:
:shock: :shock: Guess tis is wat i can expect in future for my DD is tis is the trend of most sch
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.
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markfch:
LOL...not only the tuition centres earn more,
Come on Janet, MOE made a mistake, but it's a spelling mistake.janet_lee88:
I have to send my son for creative writing class bcos his teacher doesn't teach them to write. Enrichment centres enjoy good biz bcos of the poor teaching system in schools.
When I first saw 'teach less, learn more'...I felt that something was just not right.
It's actually supposed to be 'Teach less, earn more'.
The schs teach less .......... And the tuition ctrs earn more. Get it, get it! :lol:
those teachers who give tuition lessons during their spare time also earn more,
as pupils din get to learn as much during the actual lessons,
parents getting anxious would likely send them for extra coaching. -
Augmum:
Hi augmum, this figure is as of this week lah.
:? this week, 1 wk 5 compos,
or u mean up till this week from beginning of the yr ??
i am still blurr....[/quote]
Hi augmum, is from Jan till now lah. -
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.
dd is just an average student in a normal school, and hub and I are not high fliers. My humble hope is for dd to enjoy her childhood and still do decently for PSLE - without tuition (at the moment). We try to tell her that it's her job to own the learning process, and she has to faced up to her failure if she does not do well. Because of this, I have been \"ham-tam\" by my well-meaning friends for my lack of provision of tuition for dd.
Am I kidding myself to think that dd will not be left behind, given this \"teach less, learn more\" concept? Seems like most parents here lament, but feel that \"learn more from tuition\" is the way to go :? . On the other hand, I really feel sorry for my friend's kid who, at P4, was asked to drop swimming and piano lessons to make time for 4 subjects tuition plus additional classes in CL and EL creative writing classes!! :shock: -
Augmum:
This is very bad! Paper 1 (compo.) is usually quite difficult to score well.
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. -
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 hearsay. The PSLE top scorer last year was having enrichment lessons at Mindstretcher. -
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.
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