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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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 Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: I think they are missing the point again. |
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the school will open in 2008 and be run in a Western manner by an American school foundation. The school year will begin in September, and the division of grades will also be different from that of Korea �� kindergarten is one year, followed by five years of elementary school, three years of middle high school and four years of high school.
This school is being built for the education of the children of foreigners who work in Korea. |
(from the JoongAng Ilbo editorial:Schools Need Diversity http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200603/08/200603082128079839900090109011.html )
While I fully acknowledge the existence of social promotion back home, the biggest difference I see between Korean schools and western schools is the lack of the possibility of failure and the threat of having to repeat a course.
I think adopting the structure of western schools where kids are sorted out into remedial and advanced classes would go a long way toward solving some of the problems in the schools here. For one thing, it would eliminate the need for hakwons if the public schools had separate classes for the various learning needs of students.
I guess I'm feeling sensitive to this right now. My new schedule has me teaching one class a week to the 8 best English students and two classes a week to the 12 weakest. That is how it was sold to me and I thought it was a good idea. But in the first session last Friday, what showed up were a) the second-best speaker, b) 4 low ability kids who genuinely want to learn English and c) 7 derelicts that no other teacher wanted in class. So instead of a class designed to serve the learning needs of the students, we have one more general ed course with everyone mixed together. Arg! |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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That sounds like a standard class mix. We out source to two elementary schools and our standard class size is about 20 kids on any given day and at least 50% are there because they have to be. They have no desire to learn and when you talk to the other kids they are the same disruptive kids from their regular classes. Before anyone jumps up and down, the work at the schools is all approved by immi and the powers that be. Best of luck with the class Ya-ta.  |
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tony602
Joined: 13 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject: Question...do you guys teach back home?? |
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I know the Canadian system may be different...but the buzz word, and legal policy in the American education model right now is INCLUSION...all levels of students, and all physical, mental, and emotional disabilities are placed along with your "normal" students in every content discipline classroom....Im a secondary level social sciences guy back home, try explaining the differences between democratic and communist forms of gov't to a class in which 40% of your students have the legal right to "accomodations" for all assignments, tests, reports, etc......
I know a lot of the people here have taught in Korea much much longer than I have, however, there arent many people here who were certified teachers before they came here...welcome to the world of education....and be it here in Korea, or back home in Canada, or the states, as you know...its your fault if your students do not succeed.....talk to some public school teachers in the middle or high school level back in the states.....you will then realize how much nicer you have it here.....just a thought! |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: |
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tony602,
As a certified teacher who taught at a High school back in Canada for a couple of years I agree with your post.
Welcome to the world of education indeed!
We do have it somewhat nicer here (at the better jobs anyway) when it comes to workload, students, school politics and such. |
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