Titre : | Failing to teach them how to handle real life : The Sunday Times January 29, 2006Education Failing to teach them how to handle real lifeA new report reveals that children today struggle with questions they could have answered 30 years ago, says Sian Griffiths | Type de document : | document électronique | Editeur : | Sunday Times | Année de publication : | 29 janvier 2006 | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | | Catégories : | Homme et société:Sciences sociales
| | Résumé : | For a decade we’ve been told that our kids, just as they seem to be getting taller with each generation, are also getting brighter. Every year new waves of children get better GCSE, A-level and degree results than their predecessors. Meanwhile, in primary schools, the standards in national maths and English tests at 11 head in one direction — relentlessly upwards.
Last week came the bombshell that blew a gaping hole in this one-way escalator of achievement.
Far from getting cleverer, our 11-year-olds are, in fact, less “intelligent” than their counterparts of 30 years ago. Or so say a team who are among Britain’s most respected education researchers.
| | En ligne : | http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html |
Failing to teach them how to handle real life [document électronique] : The Sunday Times January 29, 2006Education Failing to teach them how to handle real lifeA new report reveals that children today struggle with questions they could have answered 30 years ago, says Sian Griffiths . - [S.l.] : Sunday Times, 29 janvier 2006. Langues : Anglais ( eng) | Catégories : | Homme et société:Sciences sociales
| | Résumé : | For a decade we’ve been told that our kids, just as they seem to be getting taller with each generation, are also getting brighter. Every year new waves of children get better GCSE, A-level and degree results than their predecessors. Meanwhile, in primary schools, the standards in national maths and English tests at 11 head in one direction — relentlessly upwards.
Last week came the bombshell that blew a gaping hole in this one-way escalator of achievement.
Far from getting cleverer, our 11-year-olds are, in fact, less “intelligent” than their counterparts of 30 years ago. Or so say a team who are among Britain’s most respected education researchers.
| | En ligne : | http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html |
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