Russell urges heads to back curriculum changes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8641869.stm
25th April 2010, BBC News Website
Mike Russell, secretary of Education for the Scottish National Party (SNP), wishes to use the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) as the base for Scottish secondary education across coming August. This curriculum will give teachers more freedom with less prescriptions in their way of teaching. Mr Russel thinks that head teachers are at the heart of any successful school and inspirational for teachers and parents. To implement the new curriculum he would like to be supported by them. Secondary teachers support this revision in education but are also angry and concerned because the government ignore their opinions. Survey shows that teachers want more preparation and clarification about the CfE before teaching according to it.
The new CfE is controversial. Unions dislike it and teachers criticise it. It appears to be a good curriculum but the unions and teachers fear trouble with the implementation of it. They also think that the workload will increase. Mr Russell made a good decision by contacting the head teachers as a way to maintain the new curriculum. I think that the secondary teachers should be better informed and have more resources in order to achieve an effective new curriculum. Mr Russell likes the idea of more freedom for the teachers though the teachers should not be abandoned by the government.
zondag 25 april 2010
woensdag 21 april 2010
Acrobatic Abuse
Cirque du Soleil plan Michael Jackson show
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8634153.stm
21st April 2010, BBC News Website
Acrobatic group 'Cirque du Soleil' is going to tour with a new “Michael Jackson” themed show. The show will be co-funded by Cirque du Soleil and the Jackson estate. Michael Jackson loved Cirque du Soleil and even considered to work with them. The show's intention is to let the fans experience the excitement of a Michael Jackson show, said the circus company. The family of Michael shares that opinion. Cirque du Soleil will tour with the show through North America in the end of 2011. In 2012 the show will be permanently scheduled in an MGM casino is Las Vegas.
This morning I saw it on the news and thought: 'Oh, again advantage is taken from poor deceased Michael...' Strange that so many people suddenly love Michael Jackson and fill their iPods with his entire discography. Why now? Why when he is no longer among us? Does his music sound better knowing that he is dead? Commercial television channels anticipate on this behaviour by talentshows as 'My Name Is Michael' and 'Move Like Michael Jackson'. Now again a commercial agency tries to make money with Michael's death. All these programs are called tributes. I am sure there are more respectful ways to commemorate the King of Pop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8634153.stm
21st April 2010, BBC News Website
Acrobatic group 'Cirque du Soleil' is going to tour with a new “Michael Jackson” themed show. The show will be co-funded by Cirque du Soleil and the Jackson estate. Michael Jackson loved Cirque du Soleil and even considered to work with them. The show's intention is to let the fans experience the excitement of a Michael Jackson show, said the circus company. The family of Michael shares that opinion. Cirque du Soleil will tour with the show through North America in the end of 2011. In 2012 the show will be permanently scheduled in an MGM casino is Las Vegas.
This morning I saw it on the news and thought: 'Oh, again advantage is taken from poor deceased Michael...' Strange that so many people suddenly love Michael Jackson and fill their iPods with his entire discography. Why now? Why when he is no longer among us? Does his music sound better knowing that he is dead? Commercial television channels anticipate on this behaviour by talentshows as 'My Name Is Michael' and 'Move Like Michael Jackson'. Now again a commercial agency tries to make money with Michael's death. All these programs are called tributes. I am sure there are more respectful ways to commemorate the King of Pop.
The Best Place To Hide... Indeed.
Body lay under sofa for 10 years in shared Bristol flat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8633012.stm
20th April 2010, BBC News Website
A vulnerable resident with learning problems named Alan Derrick concealed the body of Dennis Pring back in 1998. The two were friends and when mr. Pring turned homeless mr. Derrick offered him to stay in his apartment. When he suddenly died, mr. Derrick was afraid that he would be evicted and hid the body. After complaints about a smell his apartment was checked but the warden thought that an overflowing toilet was the cause. In 2008 mr. Derrick relocated and Pring´s body was discovered by council cleaning staff. No criminal charges were submitted towards mr. Derrick. The city council promised to check the accommodations better in future.
It appears to be a fictional story. I could hardly believe that a body lay inside a sheltered accommodation for such a long time! However, the concealer was a true hermit with limited capabilities. He was a loner so he did not have many friends, or no friends at all. I find it humoristic that the warden did not notice the body rotting beside her underneath the sofa. Though I do not think mr. Derrick should be prosecuted. He did not know how to cope with this extreme situation because he is a limited person. The city council of Bristol should indeed improve their policy on this field.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8633012.stm
20th April 2010, BBC News Website
A vulnerable resident with learning problems named Alan Derrick concealed the body of Dennis Pring back in 1998. The two were friends and when mr. Pring turned homeless mr. Derrick offered him to stay in his apartment. When he suddenly died, mr. Derrick was afraid that he would be evicted and hid the body. After complaints about a smell his apartment was checked but the warden thought that an overflowing toilet was the cause. In 2008 mr. Derrick relocated and Pring´s body was discovered by council cleaning staff. No criminal charges were submitted towards mr. Derrick. The city council promised to check the accommodations better in future.
It appears to be a fictional story. I could hardly believe that a body lay inside a sheltered accommodation for such a long time! However, the concealer was a true hermit with limited capabilities. He was a loner so he did not have many friends, or no friends at all. I find it humoristic that the warden did not notice the body rotting beside her underneath the sofa. Though I do not think mr. Derrick should be prosecuted. He did not know how to cope with this extreme situation because he is a limited person. The city council of Bristol should indeed improve their policy on this field.
First Article Summary & Reaction
What choice for school and college leavers in this job market?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/13/lost-generation-higher-education-disillusion
At the moment the disillusionment that a good education is no longer a guarantee for finding a good job is especially harsh for students who want to enter or leave universities. While students know exactly which universities, traineeships and qualities will provide them with a job, teachers are complaining about the fact that they feel forced to respond to the student’ s demand and not being able to live up to their own intellectual and educational standards. Either way results in too many unskilled students entering the job market. The teaching unions are now realizing the importance of working together with the students so they can all make an effort to regain education as an authentic and rewarding activity.
The goal of education is to develop the intellectual skills and knowledge of students. Due to the growing commercially society things have changed. Government-owned companies are privatised, the amount of advertising is rising (for instance due to the Internet) and commercial music is successful. A thing we always relied on was education. Education is good, it helps people to grow. With the ridiculous proposition of the political party Tory the commercial society seems to have won more terrain. They think it would be good to adjust education on the job market. It should however be the other way around. More focus should be on the fact that people are not working on their own level.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/13/lost-generation-higher-education-disillusion
At the moment the disillusionment that a good education is no longer a guarantee for finding a good job is especially harsh for students who want to enter or leave universities. While students know exactly which universities, traineeships and qualities will provide them with a job, teachers are complaining about the fact that they feel forced to respond to the student’ s demand and not being able to live up to their own intellectual and educational standards. Either way results in too many unskilled students entering the job market. The teaching unions are now realizing the importance of working together with the students so they can all make an effort to regain education as an authentic and rewarding activity.
The goal of education is to develop the intellectual skills and knowledge of students. Due to the growing commercially society things have changed. Government-owned companies are privatised, the amount of advertising is rising (for instance due to the Internet) and commercial music is successful. A thing we always relied on was education. Education is good, it helps people to grow. With the ridiculous proposition of the political party Tory the commercial society seems to have won more terrain. They think it would be good to adjust education on the job market. It should however be the other way around. More focus should be on the fact that people are not working on their own level.
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