[etni] "Hakbatzot" or heterogeneous?

I've been teaching English for almost 30 years now b"h and have seen, heard 
and used  many of the "in" ideas and projects that we were told about during 
the different stages of my career. I've gone through having  both 
heterogeneous classes (where the students weren't happy) and "hakbatzot" 
(same level groups).

 I remember that in the olden days, principals used to say that they got 
instructions from the Ministry of Education not to have "hakbatzot". For 
years now, we've had "hakbatzot" anyway because we've seen that in the long 
run it helps our students to succeed in learning English and prepare for the 
Bagrut when they're in the same level group from Junior High School.

We have a new principal who comes from an elementary school where there are 
no "hakbatzot" and he decided on his own, without consulting with our 
English staff to abolish "hakbatzot".   Students who have been studying in 
the same level groups for the past two years have suddenly found themselves 
studying in a heterogeneous class. They (and their parents and we, the 
teachers) are frustrated and upset but there's nothing to do about it 
because our principal will not budge.

I was wondering what's going on in  schools around the country and suggested 
the idea of a poll to David.

Anonymous



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