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Why not put school lessons on television?

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spottedelk · 29/05/2020 12:10

In Brazil, where a lot of families don't have wifi or don't have computers, at least one of the regional governments has set up a new TV channel and is using it to broadcast school lessons. The children have 2 opportunities a day to watch the lessons for their age group. Almost every family has a television set, even in a country which has very high levels of inequality.
I understand that different schools teach differently, that they don't do work in the same order, etc, but for the new school year surely this would solve a lot of problems? They just need to put together a small team of excellent teachers, with some technical support, and they can go a long way to solving the problems that so many of our children are having. My child will be in an exam year next year and will only get 2 days of school a week. So far, she's had no live or videoed teaching, just written homework. This would help her and others in her position so much.

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PineappleUpsideDownCake · 02/06/2020 15:49

Theres been amazing joined up work available. Ive been really impressed.

You could cover every thing with oak academy if you chose.4ish lessons a day including art (my daughter did lessons in shading and persepctive) .

Or if you dollow bbc bitesize they have daily lessons available online too.

You could choose either and have a decent curriculum.

I think teachers are aware that not ine size fits all and are aware of differing levels of engagement of parents/children.

I'm glad my children dont have to sit at a screen for lessons 4 hours a day like some children.

Locally schools know what they have already taught and what is coming next, so their privison may vary and be more sepcific.

But if you havent got much from school then folloing oak or bbc really is incredibly provison.

PineappleUpsideDownCake · 02/06/2020 15:51

And black white both BBC and oak academy have covered gcse level material! So you can have hours eachbday of learning provision.

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