Tram Town
Thursday, August 26, 2004
| Category: Edge-a-kation Who knew? Class size has very little effect on learning outcomes! Again, this was found at Slatts' place: Those of us in mobs of 40+ who learnt the 3 Rs from the Sisters of No Mercy always knew this.UPDATE: Brendan Nelson weighs-in with a broadside: INCOMPETENT teachers were the biggest danger in Australian schools, Education Minister Brendan Nelson said yesterday after the nation's first large-scale survey into class sizes showed smaller classes did not necessarily improve student results.UPUPDATE: Also from the Making Schools Better conference a suggestion of a voucher system but: "I think vouchers as a label has become an emotive one so it's not a particularly helpful" said Melbourne Institute director Peter Dawkins. |
