It will fall away naturally due to the Calendar they tell us .Just like slashing inflation. They've been saying for months it's down to global factors, but now they're going to half it.
It's just vacuous bollocks.
Say it's not our fault when it's going bad then take credit for when it improves. So it was, always has been and always will be with politicians.Just like slashing inflation. They've been saying for months it's down to global factors, but now they're going to half it.
It's just vacuous bollocks.
Apparently the government hasn’t met its own targets for employing maths teachers for a decade. Which begs the question, if we already can’t recruit enough maths teachers where are the extra teachers coming from to teach another 2 years of maths students?
For that to work and be effective it also needs a rethink on what is taught. It’s got to be relevant but also accessible if it’s going to roll out en masse.Actually agree we should improve maths education and it should be to 18 like most countries. However like so much Tory policy in recent years this is nothing more than a headline with no substance behind it, no plan, no funding.
For that to work and be effective it also needs a rethink on what is taught. It’s got to be relevant but also accessible if it’s going to roll out en masse.
These guys think that forcing them to do the AS/A2 content would simply ‘improve’ them as Mathematicians
Just like slashing inflation. They've been saying for months it's down to global factors, but now they're going to half it.
It's just vacuous bollocks.
WankersFrom the graph below I think it's obvious how best to reduce NHS waiting list times.
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From the graph below I think it's obvious how best to reduce NHS waiting list times.
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Why do people keep voting against their own best interests?From the graph below I think it's obvious how best to reduce NHS waiting list times.
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That’s not a bad idea in theory, but I do think that we have to broaden the scope of L3 ‘Maths’ so it is more appealing to the wider student cohort… not just keeping it narrow at traditional A Level stuff.Nah, I’d rather we accepted we have education until 18 and let people who need more time to meet L2 use that time and those that can go to L3 or even higher do that.
Aside: As a Maths teacher I’d be really interested in whether you’ve seen the fruits of the work done lower down the age range actually. I love the way my youngest is taught, so much closer to how I have “naturally” done Maths. Are you seeing Y7s come in with any better grasp of the basics?
That’s not a bad idea in theory, but I do think that we have to broaden the scope of L3 ‘Maths’ so it is more appealing to the wider student cohort… not just keeping it narrow at traditional A Level stuff.
As for your question - yes I think it is fair to say that we are seeing more Y7’s coming through with better base skills… where I feel an opportunity is lost is that due to a general shortage in good quality/experienced Maths teachers, they end up being used at KS4 exclusively; meaning that these new, more capable Y7’s miss out on the best teachers to begin with, thus not capitalising on the gains made and accelerating them further.
What do you think Starmer will say or do in response?I’m starting to think this Rishi bloke isn’t very good at politics.
If you’ve got the qualifications to teach ICT/Computing/Computer Science there is literally no incentive at all to go into teaching is there.I was quite surprised to see Maths as high as it was on the teacher training targets
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I weep for my kids Computing education. Just had to email my eldest school after I found out shes not even taught it any more. A core subject and they’re not even trying to teach it. What is going on?
I’m starting to think this Rishi bloke isn’t very good at politics.
What do you think Starmer will say or do in response?
If you’ve got the qualifications to teach ICT/Computing/Computer Science there is literally no incentive at all to go into teaching is there.
Earn more working in industry, probably hybrid or even home working, with no out of hours work.
Schools don’t/can’t put the resources in to keep hardware up to a usable standard and some schools simply reduce down curriculum time to bare minimum.
Considering how important IT proficiency is and will be it’s a scandal tbh.
Yeah I picked a mug’s degree in hindsight.Exactly that. Since leaving teaching my stress is through the floor, wage through the roof and work life balance amazing and I get to work with actual new tech.
I loved teaching and I massively miss doing something socially valuable, but there’s no way I’d go back.
Id also argue Computing is the easiest way for a poor kid to gain social mobility these days. Don’t even need to go to Uni really if you can code. Get a certification online in your own time, build a portfolio and you’d get hired. Not many things you learn at school like that.
Yeah I picked a mug’s degree in hindsight.
What's valuable changes pretty quickly though. Not so long ago city traders and IT specialists were hired from English and History graduates, as employers valued the analytical skills, the flexibility to adapt, and the innovative thinking.Yeah I picked a mug’s degree in hindsight.
My last Data Engineer colleague had a Biology degree…
What's valuable changes pretty quickly though. Not so long ago city traders and IT specialists were hired from English and History graduates, as employers valued the analytical skills, the flexibility to adapt, and the innovative thinking.
Try telling some on this board that now, however
Could be worse, you could have a PhD in a subject that certain people who should know better laugh at...My dad did tell me back in the late 00s that computing was more lucrative than science, I ignored him and now the best I could make even in big pharma would be about 50k, when some people I know in IT are on big 6 figure salaries.
Not really sure what busting a gut at school and university was for on that basis
Well as it happens…Could be worse, you could have a PhD in a subject that certain people who should know better laugh at...
That’s not a bad idea in theory, but I do think that we have to broaden the scope of L3 ‘Maths’ so it is more appealing to the wider student cohort… not just keeping it narrow at traditional A Level stuff.
As for your question - yes I think it is fair to say that we are seeing more Y7’s coming through with better base skills… where I feel an opportunity is lost is that due to a general shortage in good quality/experienced Maths teachers, they end up being used at KS4 exclusively; meaning that these new, more capable Y7’s miss out on the best teachers to begin with, thus not capitalising on the gains made and accelerating them further.
My Dad worked in IT, and had done since the 1960s (never earned a huge salary mind you!). I enjoyed it, but rebelled against him. Ah well.It’s all luck innit? I imagine if you had a chemistry degree when petrochemicals were booming or whatever. I’m just lucky that my Dad got me a computer in 1985 and let me get addicted to it really.
My Dad worked in IT, and had done since the 1960s (never earned a huge salary mind you!). I enjoyed it, but rebelled against him. Ah well.
If I ever have children, I hope they rebel to become accountants or plumbers! Not necessarily IT though, other than helping me - think they need to go more specialist going forward, as supply will end up overtaking demand in the medium term, with an inevitable decline in wages whenever that does happen.
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