New style of teaching.

Good for you on keeping on top of your kids education. I don't know about in Briton but here in the U.S. most of the teachers belong to the teachers unions so bad teachers can't be fired even if they abuse the kids. Text books are so dry who wants to read them besides changing the facts. Memorizing math facts is out let alone spelling and having a good readable hand writing. Now Obama wants to make the school day and week longer because we are behind those in other countries. Our kids already put in more hours than any where else. It's more important for the kids to feel good than to learn. The red correction pen has been banned because it might make a child feel bad. Here a lot of parents are home schooling. When most of the kids do get to college they have to take remedial class in order to even get started with their education.

Wow I am sorry to hear that the standard of education had fallen in England but I guess it has fallen everywhere too .I guess now that there are some teachers now in the classroom that dont want to be here nor do they belong there and as a result they are putting out sub standard work ,the only sad thing is that our children ,the future rulers ,scientists etc will be the product of this poor stndard.I hope this new method continues to do well and I am happy to see that at leats there are doing something about it .Here on the island and by the way our education system was modeled on yours continue to fail and put out student with sub standard educational abilities.Have a good day Suze and all teh success for your children

It seems that as parents, we are already old-fashioned and our kids are not yet out of school! It’s the same here in India too…new age schooling aims to lessen the pressures on kids and make education a thing to enjoy!!! I really don’t know how good that would come to, when we were in school we had to take our studies seriously, education was something not to be played with (read ‘enjoyed’) and teachers were to be respected and even feared. I still believe that was the best way… inculcating discipline, teaching a subject as it should be taught and giving education its due importance. Being a former British colony, English is still very important in India and thankfully I have chosen a school for my son which lays great importance to the details of teaching every subject the way it should be taught and learnt. But very recently there was a survey report which stated that after the Govt decided to do away with formal examination till Std V and just promote students on yearly performance, most students promoted to Std VI could not even compose a large paragraph properly or do a little complicated but basic arithmetic!

I have no idea about English education even though I'm from the UK. I have lived in Japan for almost 19 years and my kids are going through the education system here. Here is memorise without learning. My husband says Japanese education is like a puzzel, every piece has a place and that can't be changed while in England it is more like Lego where the pieces can be put anywhere and the answer will be okay. I was shocked that kids here have no imagination, they can't seem to think for themselves. I tutor English at home and one young lad I teach is very smart and has incredible command of English but he couldn't do a simple exercise of making up an imaginary island, giving it a name and what kind of people would live there. All he ever had to do was to remember what is put in. By the way here the system is very bad, to enter high school (at 16) the kids sit a test, you would think that the test material would be taught at school but no if you want your kids to get into a good high school you pay for the kids to go to cram school in the evening and on the weekends, you can't afford it tough!! The same for university, pay for cram schools or you kids miss out!!!

I'm just a newly hired mathematics teacher here in the Philippines (22m). I think there's a lot of changes now in terms of educational system. A teacher has different strategies and styles on how to impart her/his lessons to her/his students. There are also many factors involve. It depends upon the school curriculum being used. Last year, i taught in a private school. I was surprised because they used a modern type of teaching. I applied their methods of teaching although deep inside I don't like it because I was in born with the traditional type of teaching. There's no ASSIGNMENT that you will give to your students.It's actually in all subject areas. I DON'T LIKE IT!I want my students to compute, solve, and manipulate some mathematical problems at their home but it's their policy. So, as a teacher I'd never violated their policy. Their classroom instruction also is very different. It's a parallel type. Two sections at the same type. As a Math teacher, I have my facilitator (other teacher not math major) to assist me at the other section... The students must prepare always their activities daily, of course, all sujects. The teacher is just roaming around and facilitating their students. They eventually made this in order to develop the COMPREHENSION SKILLS of the students. As of now, as a PUBLIC mathematics teacher here in the Philippines, I feel little astonished because I faced another NEW method of CURRICULUM. But stll, I strive hard to coap up all of these styles. Hopefully, I can adjust myself... lol About your situation, maybe some of the students or classmates of your daughter belong to below average level, so the teacher is really engaged in an easy style of teaching strategy. I think there are also some factors that we should try to look. Maybe we should let the teachers to attend seminars, lectures, then, devlop their skills in order to teach their lessons very well. They should also improve their knowledge throughout their lessons. They should not focus only at a certain subject but, it should be in all subjects... I hope I help on this... GOD BLESS and Good luck to you and to your family.

Education is very valuable in carrier. Now a days on-line education is very suitable then academic type of education.

I think in many parts of the world, the field of education is undergoing waves of changes as policy makers and education experts adapt the teaching approaches in line with changes in the society in the light of ever increasing developments in science and technology. Re-structuring, re-shaping, re-inventing the educational system is the order of the day. In the old days, especially in the advent of industrialization, education is mainly geared to preparing children for work in factories. The subjects taught were basic reading and writing and simple arithmetic. As science and technology develops, researches are conducted as to the learning processes going on in man's brain and the capacity of man to learn something new. No wonder that some children are used as guinea pigs as they test their theories and concepts. The world today is light years more advanced than yesterday's in a brief span of time so many things emerged and develop that teaching basic reading and writing is not enough. In a very age, concepts of computers are being introduced, logical reasoning is encouraged,and lots more. Having said that, policy makers, teachers and school administrators should be working together. Parents or guardians must actively participate in every aspect that greatly affects their children. have fun.

When my kids were in school they began teaching differently. Luckily, my boys learned phonics and grammar and spelling. The classes after them were nearly illiterate using that new method! They stopped after a couple years but the damage was done. You are right to tell that teacher you don't want those methods. Why are people always trying to improve on tried and true methods of education?! I think they want us to be illiterate. A population that can't read or write is easily controlled.

Hi suzzy, Education today? what educations, the kids cannot spell their own names and what top jobs, they do not wnat to stat at the bottom and work their way up, I had conversation with my hubb about the education sustems today and what he told me was, it does not matter if the spell as the computer will do everything for them, their lack knowledge don't matter anymore using the three "Rs" like when we were thought, what do you expect when teachers themself are far too young and cannot spell for toffee for themselves. Tamara

Good on you for letting the teacher know how you felt! My daughter is seven and in Year Two. She appears to be doing well and has learnt to read and spell. The work does seem somewhat easier to me than what I was given at her age but it is difficult for me to make the comparison because I went to school in Italy form Year one to Year five and didn’t start school in Australia where we live now until Year six. I recall doing more mathematical work but my child does not do any maths homework; she says she does maths in class. It is all different, I just have to keep an eye on how she is going and, like you speak up if I am ever not happy.

good for you. more parents should let the schools know what they think about things that goes on.

It is definitely different from when I was at school! In fact, I was in the first year to take GCSE's so I remember when we had O Levels before that, which my brother took! I am all for free expression - I would like my kids to have the vocabulary, grammar and communication skills to be able to freely express what they want to say! Have you seen kids who have the 'free' without the appropriate skills? You know, the ones with a vocabulary of three words?...lol (see Little Britain or the Catherine Tate show for reference!) I do think it is to do with the kids themselves and the parents though. I was taught to read by my parents before I even went to school, and numbers, colors, spelling, all that - even a bit of french from a student we had staying...! My parents considered that their responsibility, as well as the schools, so I think it helps when parents realize this. The kids I feel sorry for are the ones who end up in a school that does not teach well, but have parents who don't care. That's sad, and you have to hope the child gets inspired somewhere along the way to WANT to learn something themselves. It sounds like your children and grandchildren have a loving family to point them in the right direction!