what effecs might the national curriculum have on teachers,pupils and parents?
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A national curriculum is an essential way to determine that students no matter where they are, are graduating from high school on the same ground and with the same knowledge base.  Right now, that’s not the case.  A student in Nevada could learn a different thing in a history class than someone in Maine.  There needs to be a standardized set of curriculum so that all students graduate on an equal basis.  That would help increase what they know and make them more competitive on the SAT and other college entrance exams.
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Not really sure...but the UK Department for Education and Skills is a good place to start (probably) check out their website
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The primary school program\nThe curriculum framework consists of five essential elements: concepts, knowledge, skills, attitude, action. The knowledge component is developed through inquiries into six transdisciplinary themes of global significance, supported and balanced by six subject areas. The curriculum framework is further structured around three interrelated questions.\n\nWhat do we want to learn? The written curriculum. \nHow best will we learn? The taught curriculum. \nHow will we know what we have learned? The learned curriculum. \n\nThe Middle school programme\nThe emphasis is on the fluidity of the curricular framework and the interrelatedness of the subjects. Aspects of the areas of interaction are addressed naturally through the distinct disciplines. In particular, the framework is flexible enough to allow a school to include other subjects not determined by the IBO but which may be required by state or national authorities.\n\nThe overall philosophy of the programme is expressed through three fundamental concepts that support and strengthen all areas of the curriculum. These concepts are based on:\n\nintercultural awareness \nholistic learning \ncommunication. \n\nThe Diploma programme\nThe International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is a challenging two-year curriculum, primarily aimed at students aged 16 to 19. It leads to a qualification that is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities.\n\nThe curriculum contains six subject groups together with a core made up of three separate parts. Students study six subjects selected from the subject groups. Normally three subjects are studied at higher level (courses representing 240 teaching hours), and the remaining three subjects are studied at standard level (courses representing 150 teaching hours).\n\nAll three parts of the core—extended essay, theory of knowledge and creativity, action, service—are compulsory and are central to the philosophy of the Diploma Programme.
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You just answered my question (What is the most important thing you ever learned?) in the way that makes a teacher trainer believe in what she is doing!\nLook, I can't speak for the UK these days. Got qulaified -Got out! I'm on International Eductaion now and it's been my passport to the world...and a vocation I still believe in after...well too many years at the chalk face! The profession doesn't need people to make up numbers, as much as it needs dedicated professionals who seek a reward far richer than gold. I have funny feeling you are just the sort of teacher the kids are so desperately needing (and frankly deserve!)...so hang in there, cos it really is worth the slog. You can contact me for info about a curriculum based on learning to learn for life ...not for tests or govt. figures, if you're interested. jacquelinewebb@isoz.ch.
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Make the dominant peer pressures positive.\nStrongly positive school ethos, engagement of school with pupils lives and experiences, involvement with the local community.\nSchools can be very influencial places that promote strong allegiances.
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Problems with literacy affect all areas of the curriculum because we communicate across time and space through written language. Therefore, any information and skills that cannot be taught face-to-face, are given in writing. A child's initial public education provides practice in gaining these information and skills from print, so that as adults we can use written communication effectively. From instructions that come with our electronics, toys, and other daily tools, to work directives in manuals, to research bringing new knowledge to different fields, to laws, everything is communicated through the written word.\n\nSo... if you really are a teacher, you should have access to a special education teacher or two in your school or district who specializes in helping peolpe with print learning difficulties. Most will tell you that a heavy emphasis on phonics (e.g. Orton-Gillingham), vocabulary-building, sight-word recognition, memory building, and listening comprehension will build overall reading comprehension.
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Just about everything you need to know is here\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/lif...\n\nThe TTA site is also worth looking at http://www.tda.gov.uk/
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Yes.  I believe teaching it could help dispell many myths that parents don't touch on.
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Maslow's hierachy of needs fits in well here.  children learn best when all their needs are met.  So it would depend on if they came into school hungry and sleepy then they would not learn well that morning.  Your question really cannot be answered because every child learns differently and it would not be fair to lump all your studnets into one group
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whether or not children without fathers or more likely to have behavioral problems \n\nteen mothers \n public or private schools better education \ngov issues\nhuman traficking\ndrugs and vilence in schools (why?) are parents to blame?? tv?? peers??
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With education there are two things, the curriculum and the manner in which it is taught.  The curriculum for the most part is mandated by the school, but the way in which it is presented is usually given discretion to the teacher.  Make the class entertaining so that the students attention doesn't wander.  Students remember special teachers that make learning fun.
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People need sunday school for their children.  Sunday school does all that is done at school and more. It caters for more. At sunday school, children are shown love and taught about the father of Love, God. Their spirits and emotions are catered for.\nFirstly, the teacher should love children.\nSecondly, the teachet should be a christian and know the bible.\nThirdly, she/he should be kind and humble.
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Nothing at all--a lot of people seem to think that it's everyone else's responsibility to protect them and their kids from what they should be doing themselves.  I have a whole family of teachers--their biggest complaint is that parents drop off their kids at school, and some actually tell them, "OK, he's your problem now."  If THEY can't instill values into their own kids, why should they expect others to?
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I think it is a great idea.  If the public schools don't do their job, as judged by the parents, the parents should get their per pupil allotment in a voucher to use elsewhere.\n\nIncentive for the school to do better, ability for our children to get better education if private schools can do it better for the same amount.
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Not exactly.  The school curricula are limited so as not to offend one group or another, because school boards don't like controversy--it isn't good for their continued employment.  A friend of mine who used to work for Holt, Rinehart & Winston talked every once in a while about everything they weren't allowed to put in the textbooks because someone in Kansas or somewhere might get upset--and since it's cheaper to publish one book for the whole country than it is to specialize them by state, the attitudes of people in one state can easily influence what goes into textbooks across the country.\n\nThis limits the amount of real education that takes place, which in turn can keep kids from being exposed to intelligent, reasoned debate.  This makes it harder for them to think clearly when they grow up, if they're not learning it at home.\n\nSo yes, history does appear to be badly taught in public schools, and part of it is intentional.  But I think the gullibility and mindless consumerism is a side effect, not the primary cause.
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Lack of education. Teachers lately feel Students should have good self esteem and that education is secondary.\n\nSo we'll end up with alot of cocky morons who can't spell.
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I would have to contribute this partly to the parents.  These days, parents are not as involved in their children's education as they once were.  Also, there is a growing number of parents who condone WHATEVER it is that their child is doing (even if it is the wrong thing).  The parents will always come to the child's defense and blame everyone else.  Additionally, there is a lack of discipline in the homes because parents are afraid to firmly (spanking) discipline their children because of legal retort.  And last, I will have to say that the government is doing very little to support educators (teachers and instructors).