tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post4073326543364332461..comments2024-03-09T10:58:56.668+02:00Comments on constitutionally speaking: Free schooling a bad idea?Pierre de Voshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861888910368295788noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post-60829061852432346342007-06-25T04:37:00.000+02:002007-06-25T04:37:00.000+02:00Legislation to force the unwilling to do something...Legislation to force the unwilling to do something usually fails to achieve its object.<BR/><BR/>What the government should do, as a matter of urgency, is to invest heavily in teacher training and retraining. <BR/><BR/>Huge numbers of teachers were crippled by the "fundamental pedagogics" crap taught by Unisa and other Universities in the apartheid era and afterwards.<BR/><BR/>The way "outcomes-based education" has been aopplied has not improved matters much -- it makes much heavier demands of teachers, and requires that they spend a much higher proportion of time on admin than teaching.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.com