I’m wondering what to do in this situation (although I think I know what you’ll all say)
I’m a trainee teacher in secondary and started my placement two days ago, so I’m very new to the school.
Yesterday and I spend the day following a student and observing all their classes. Year 7.
One particular science class about chromosomes flagged a question from a student about Down Syndrome and how it is caused. The question from another followed asking what Down Syndrome was and the teacher described it as a type of mongolism!
I was pretty shocked when I heard him say it, he mentioned it twice in the last half hour of the lesson.
He’s HOD, very experienced, near to retirement age, been there a long time.
I’ve not mentioned it to anyone else yet, but I know I should, shouldn’t I? I think if I was more established in the school I’d have flagged it up yesterday, but as I’m very new and only theee for 6 weeks I having doubts.
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UpTree · 18/01/2019 07:57
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