The Ideal Education System

[MisterAndrews]

If you were in charge of a countries education system how would you run it?

Like would you have strict timetables? Classrooms? all ict? less RE? Outside? I think you get what im looking for.

Also, what would you do with things like bullying and fighting?



I was just thinking that we pull our current systems to bits.... so how would you run it? :-)

[Atonement]

I would try to position the system to let each student move at their own individual pace. With deadlines to keep them moving, but if they understand something right away, let them test on it and move on. its bullshit that students sit in class that they either understand it all and are bored or don't get anything and then become slackers.

[AutumnDae]

If I were to design an education system, this is how it would be.

Kids have no more than an 8:1 student teacher ratio. Individual attention helps people learn. All students would have a study period at the same time, so they can get help with what they need. (Often times I have a study hall and need help, but the teacher has another class, so I can't.)

If some students are understanding the material, and they don't need to be working on it for as long as others, allow them to move ahead.

I dunno, good question though.

[MisterAndrews]

Actually those ideas seem like they could work... Especially the study periods and individual pacing. 8:1 would cost alot of money in teachers pay though

[Zephyr]

I would try to position the system to let each student move at their own individual pace. With deadlines to keep them moving, but if they understand something right away, let them test on it and move on. its bullshit that students sit in class that they either understand it all and are bored or don't get anything and then become slackers.

Dude, no kidding.
Grades 4-10 I was always getting pretty much straight A's and a B here or there without putting in any effort, and there were hardly any advanced courses available until my junior year of highschool. I got so bored with my classes that I got lazy... which consequently has hurt me because now that I'm in college, I lack proper concentration and study skills because I'm used to half-assing everything and getting top grades.

[ShatteredWings]

USA doesn't have RE... public school = not teaching religon

Anyways.. i think classes should be smalleer. All my classes have 20-30 people in them [for some reaosn, math is the smallest class i have at 20. english i think has 30+..]
I also think that there should be more offered help.

[Requin]

I think schools need to stop focusing on grades and getting pressure to succeed from the governments. Head staff need to stop being so patronising all the time, and they need to treat the older students like adults.
THis is for secondary (high school) btw.

And the classes need to be smaller, and they need to give supply teachers etc more powers. As they have very little.

But saying all this on paper is easy, whether it would actually work is an entirelly different matter.

[MisterAndrews]

Yea we used to walk all over supply teachers becuase they could do nothing. I know one class locked him in a cupboard...
I think ive been lucky though because all of my heads havent been patronising ones, i some tht are though... sometimes they dont realise that shouting and screaming will only make it worse, not better.

And more than 30 in a class is just plain bad planning. we had a cap on a class size of 30. Like i said before though... the only answer youll get to big class sizes is that teachers cost money, unfortunatley

[Whisper]

I'd be a hard ass
It would all be boarding schools so the kids gained independence, had interaction with many different people there own age, etc...
I'd have mandatory military training to teach respect, a sense of duty and the strength needed in real world situations not to mention it would cut down on gangs, drugs, etc... help with physical education
I'd have state of the art science labs
Mathematics would be taught from a very early age
When they entered grade 10 they would be able to choose and area they enjoyed and would be sent to a school that specialized in and had funding for that area
By grade 12 they'd be working in the field allot

They could then decide to continue from there either with education or in the work force
if they have the grades tuition, books, dorms, etc... would all be federally covered


Everyones like that costs to much nobody could afford that
I say
Bullshit
they choose not to
the defence budget for the United States in like 05 was 3/4 of a trillion dollars

[MisterAndrews]

That also sounds good apart from the fact that choosing a career at grade 10 is a little early... you might not know what you want to do. Military training is a little strong don't you think? Having said that we used to have it in the 30's and it didnt do them any harm.

I agree with the money... i think the budgets are all wrong.


Good Answer :-)