A WWYD Q folks. My Y10 DS has chosen my subject (History) as an option at his school. They take the same exam board and units as I currently teach. I am a HoD with 20+ years experience. I was irritated that the teacher assigned to him is a non specialist, but thought that I could always help him out, and hey ho - we all know how schools work. We've all probably ended up teaching a subject that's not our own at some point.
Tonight he has come home upset and struggling with an exam style question because he doesn't understand it and the teacher's PP guide and Q makes no sense to him. And it really doesn't. I've looked at it. She's invented a Q that makes no sense whatsoever as far as the exam spec goes. And then told them to structure it in a way that is frankly completely wrong. It is clear she doesn't understand at all what is required. For any History specialists, she's asking them to write an 8 mark analytical narrative account - which requires a chronological analysis of what consequences events had in a specified date period - except she has not provided any dates, just a vague question asking 'why did x help y?'
WWYD? Do I contact History HoD at her place and express my dismay that they are being taught how to structure GCSE exam questions by someone that doesn't understand how to? And is wrong? I don't want my DS to spend the next year being fed incorrect exam technique - and I'm also bloody irritated that she clearly hasn't read or understood the exam spec. I understand it's hard teaching out of your comfort zone - but as a professional you should ensure that you have done the necessary work to ensure you CAN teach a GCSE class correctly.
And yet....we all know 'that parent'....
Advice, folks?
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BlessYourCottonSocks · 08/10/2018 21:50
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