tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post4037893592533631283..comments2024-02-16T08:32:46.618+00:00Comments on Donald Clark Plan B: Education’s dark duplicitous secretDonald Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-64223763137661350972009-06-23T07:04:22.128+00:002009-06-23T07:04:22.128+00:00Kia ora Donald!
Something to chew here! Thanks fo...Kia ora Donald!<br /><br />Something to chew here! Thanks for that.<br /><br />There's ethics and there's legality. Frankly, a lot of the ethics is over to the individual teacher though they should be tied by their professional body/union/association/league etc.<br /><br />In New Zealand a teacher does not accept tuition fees from a student attending the school they teach. But it's okay to provide tuition. I've been guilty of this - but always on school premises or associated grounds. It's coaching after all, and I'd prefer to call it that.<br /><br />Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-80379162604538779002009-06-22T20:12:32.135+00:002009-06-22T20:12:32.135+00:00I agree that there's a skew towards middle-cla...I agree that there's a skew towards middle-class childeren in tutoring. Perhaps that's why working class kids (boys especially) are showing no real improvement.<br /><br />Still doesn't answer my points about bthe duplicity of attitudes and whether waht they're doing is legal.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-73501709303694361902009-06-22T20:12:31.122+00:002009-06-22T20:12:31.122+00:00I agree that there's a skew towards middle-cla...I agree that there's a skew towards middle-class childeren in tutoring. Perhaps that's why working class kids (boys especially) are showing no real improvement.<br /><br />Still doesn't answer my points about bthe duplicity of attitudes and whether waht they're doing is legal.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-1110845680376294642009-06-22T18:32:23.684+00:002009-06-22T18:32:23.684+00:00I tend to agree with Mark, in that it's probab...I tend to agree with Mark, in that it's probably slightly more complicated. Have the figures for children being tutored gone up since 1997? Do we know who is being tutored and in what circumstances? It's a fair bet that most working-class kids aren't being tutored, for example. Are they also doing better educationally, or not? <br /><br />And who's doing the tutoring? I know some parents who take their children to Kumon classes. I also know some non-teachers who tutor.<br /><br />Currently, I know two primary age children receiving tuition - one to take an entrance exam and the other to improve his literacy. Both will (I think) be for relatively brief periods.Kim Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132751876448735023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-8181011997950017862009-06-22T15:39:37.419+00:002009-06-22T15:39:37.419+00:00Fair enough. But these are still huge and signific...Fair enough. But these are still huge and significant numbers. At these percentages it could account for the marginal improvements seen. The legal issues remain.<br /><br />Locally, in Brighton, it's common and all the examples I know of personally are teachers.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-45680794618764283842009-06-22T15:25:09.970+00:002009-06-22T15:25:09.970+00:00Let's get this in proportion.
43% of pupils i...Let's get this in proportion.<br /><br />43% of pupils in London had private tuition at some stage in their school careers. This could be a single session preparing for an exam.<br /><br />Outside of London the figures are much lower. The next highest being the South East with 28%. It is 22% over the country as a whole. In other words nearly 80% of children report that they never had a private lesson of any kind during 11 years of school.<br /><br />Finally there is no statement about who was giving the tuition. It is a popular way for graduates and post-grads to earn a bit on the side.Mark Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117994136165938870noreply@blogger.com