[etni] HOTS again
- From: yehudit halfon <yehudit_avishai1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:06 +0000
I've been trying to follow the arguments for and against the HOTS program and
I'm still confused about one major point. There are quite a few vocal teachers
who claim the program is wonderfuldespite..etc etc. But,I'd like to leave the
teachers'compensation out of this for a minute. My main criticism is that I
forsee a drastic change in the ability of the students to move up and down in
the system.My students are "on the move". Until the day of the Bagrut itself, I
can't be certain what tests each of the students is going to do. They might
prepare for 5 points, but go down to 4 in the end. They might insist on 4 and
in the end only go into 3. Every class has a mixture as is and matconot are
done for numerous modules in each class. In addition, there are always a few
students who complete all the tests in 11th grade- not necessarily English
speakers, but students who want to complete as much as possible because they
are thinking of completeing high school early for various rea
sons.
These students who for whatever reason don't fit into the conventional system
won't be able to function as they have until now. I tried asking the teacher
who taught my course what can be done for them, but I got nothing of an answer.
The system is built for the conventional student/school- not for those who are
in danger of dropping out or even for the opposite ones who can jump forward.
Our school will do the log as we want to choose the literature pieces but I see
no difference in the problem as far as the log or the exam goes. Both are built
for frontal ,classroom teaching and leave no room for the "exceptional"
student. As I see the picture, not only will there be a huge amount of extra
work in the program, there will be an unbearable amount of individulual work
for these students- because we can't just send them off to a private teacher to
complete the work.It'll fall on their teachers- or they simply won't wait for
the end of 12th to finish English.
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