I know several science teachers in NZ and there is a very real problem. They are very angry.
In the last week my friend who is a physics teacher told me that the most recent offence of the ministry of education is that they will be removing the “data gathering” and “data analysis” parts of the science curriculum.
This hasn’t hit the news yet because it’s very fresh and they haven’t actually published the new curriculum yet.
It’s also getting a lot of push back from teachers, and so it’s possible that it gets walked back, but the fact that people in control there even think that such a thing is on the table tells you something about the current views of people in charge at the ministry.
Many experienced and excellent teachers are resigning because they have had enough.
In the last week my friend who is a physics teacher told me that the most recent offence of the ministry of education is that they will be removing the “data gathering” and “data analysis” parts of the science curriculum.
This hasn’t hit the news yet because it’s very fresh and they haven’t actually published the new curriculum yet.
It’s also getting a lot of push back from teachers, and so it’s possible that it gets walked back, but the fact that people in control there even think that such a thing is on the table tells you something about the current views of people in charge at the ministry.
Many experienced and excellent teachers are resigning because they have had enough.