To have told my leturer that it is wrong that they're grooming us to say good things about university when OFSTED come??

[MrsRBrand]

I was in a professional studies lecture this morning (Primary school teaching degree).

The lesson was allocated to learning about assessment methods.

The lights were dimmed and a power point delivered for the duration of the lesson. Saying that the teaching course are due to get an ofsted visit imminently and in the event of ofsted wanting to talk to us (students) we are encouraged to only say positive things. And will be invited to a prior meeting to be told what to say.

When I said that I think it is wrong that we are being groomed to say positive things the lecturer said 'if you were working for a school you would be loyal to that school'. I said that as an employee of the school, of course I would but I am a paying customer at this university and I want to be free to tell the truth'

(As well as being an interesting course, uni has lost a lot of our work from the first year, they put us on placements in schools where some mentors are trained to mentor us and some are not, creating disparity between peoples placement grades.)

I said that 'you wouldn't prep children to behave well and then imply that they wont do as well in their grades if they do not'.

AIBU to have said something, (no-one else did) but lots came up to me afterwards to say they agreed with what I said?

So why does she not takes this grievance up with the head of the faculty or higher now. Why store it up or ask for a copy of the power point to 'prove' to OFSTED what they have done? She should make her feelings known to those in position about the situation. Who even knows if OFSTED will come? She may store this information up and then never have the chance to share it or deal with it or let the uni sort out their mistakes. Everyone has an error of judgement and she will soon know what it is like to be put on a pedestal and be expected to be perfect in all areas of her life. Would she like parents in her first class to do the same? Save up niggles until the big guns came in or would she prefer it that matters be brought to her attention so she can have the chance to put things right and reflect on things in an appropriate way?