Page 3860 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 8 November 1994

7 I would like to focus on the future education system. A child who starts pre-school

next year would not finish Year 12 until the year 2007. Please tell me what effect you

think the following features would have on ensuring that students receive a good

education?

Please rate each one as having either a positive or a negative effect.

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Positive effect 1

Negative effect 2

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No effect 3

No opinion 4

1. Assessment of students being done by the school rather than external exams

Students progressing through classes according to ability rather than age . . . .

Pre-schools, being available for all 4-year olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Increasing the teaching load for individual teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Each school developing its own curriculum instead of this being done centrally by the Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A separate college system for final Years 11 & 12 of secondary schooling . .

Use of computer aided learning programs to partly replace teachers . . . . . . .

The Dept. of Education providing ongoing training for teachers . . . . . . . . .

Increasing the size of classes

10. Schools being non-selective, that is, students not

having to pass an entrance exam . . . . . . . . .

Closure of schools which have fewer than a standard number of students

(Explanation: Primary - fewer than 150, High school - fewer than 350

College - fewer than 500 students)

12. Each school recruiting its own staff instead of the Dept of Education doing this

13. Schools specialising in particular curriculum areas such as science or music . .

(Explanation: rather than every school offering a comprehensive curriculum)

14. The provision of school counselling services for students . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15. Parent participation in school decision-making

(Explanation: in School Boards, P & C, curriculum, uniforms, etc.) . . . . . .

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PURDON ASSOCIATES

MINISTERIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC EDUCATION