Small groups best for A-level students
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Small groups best for A-level students
https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/small-groups-best-level-students
Contrary to popular political belief, we are not in the business of making widgets.
My very hard-working fellow teachers have the best interests of their students at heart and are not driven by the self-centred, egotistical desires of more myopic professions. The suggestion that A-level subjects are best delivered in huge, over-sized classes is anathema to teachers in this sector.
A-level subjects can be best delivered, to those in all ability ranges (but especially those of average or below average ability - which seems to be an ever-increasing market for our anachronistic examination system) in small groups. Students can get the one-to-one tutoring they need, standards can improve and we can produce the people that the country needs in the next millennium.
The comments are clearly driven by the need to save money. Lindsey Wharmby, sadly, is not living in the real world - the underfunded world to which sixth-form colleges have been condemned. Just compare the funding formula for FE courses with that of the same courses in the secondary sector.
Graham Michael Bell. 68 Mendip Way. Sundon Park. Luton
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