Any education system that spends more time on religious studies than science or maths has serious issues.
Any education system that spends more time on religious studies than science or maths has serious issues.
Any education system that spends more time on religious studies than science or maths has serious issues.
What % of teachers are bad and simply not up to it? What % of teachers are just drifting, recycling the same notes each year? What % of teachers are not suitable for the job and despite being intelligent etc, but simply cannot teach/communicate?
I don't know the exact answers to that, but in the schools I attended it was pretty high
Excellent. Problem solved Purple. That was easy. Next we should solve the problems in the health service. I am going out on a limb here but I think it is all the doctors fault.
Any education system that spends more time on religious studies than science or maths has serious issues.
Not so in Irish Primary Schools according to the OECD Education at a Glance Report published in 2012.That, my friend, is an utter fiction.
Not so in Irish Primary Schools according to the OECD Education at a Glance Report published in 2012.
People are entitled to question the appropriateness or otherwise of religious education in the classroom but it's patent nonsense to suggest that 6-8 year olds are being denied education in chemistry, physics and biology as a result of it.
That's a very selective article and headline. It's undisputed that there are more religion classes than science classes in primary schools, however that's because 1) science isn't a core subject at primary level; 2) most primary schools have little or no science facilities; 3) whatever little science is taught is at higher class levels, 5th & 6th classes, and certainly not to the younger kids especially those at 1st Communion stage, who will be receiving dedicated religion classes in school in preparation for the sacrament.
People are entitled to question the appropriateness or otherwise of religious education in the classroom but it's patent nonsense to suggest that 6-8 year olds are being denied education in chemistry, physics and biology as a result of it.
And as for the school that is prioritising One Direction over religion?
From my nephews and nieces in primary school I discovered that 30 minutes a day is spend studying religion. Thats 2.5 hours a week. Its more than PE.
Also, in communion class and confirmation class that increases as preparation is required.
Also, I dont see any reason why a foreign language like German, French or Spanish isnt taught to kids in primary schools. It would be more worthwhile to them than Irish. That may sound like treason to some but I certainly would prefer my kids to learn a foreign language rather Irish. Obviously that would require retraining for teachers which would mean union issues.
Learning a foreign language as 12/13 when they enter secondary school is too late and puts them at a disadvantage to students in other countries.
Either way, our education system is far from world class.
There is nothing much "world class" in Ireland.
Except perhaps our economic crisis.
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