Group Discussion Research by Beth https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion The school curriculum – exam factory or education for life? en-us 2018-10-04 08:39:56 UTC 2018-11-29 09:31:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306267278 Lack social skills - should teach communication and interview skills.

]]> 2018-11-20 10:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306267278 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306269608 Parents shouldn’t decide to choose if their kids need to do Higher Education but help them to give personal advise so they can make their own descision.]]> 2018-11-20 10:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306269608 life skills https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306270129 basic life skills are needed for everyday life such as paying bills ]]> 2018-11-20 10:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306270129 Certain courses https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306270551 Certain courses should be added to the education system, so that people can benefit from it. Examples these courses are basic life skills, such as managing your own money. Voting processes with in the government. Mortgages taxes etc. Furthermore there should be some courses in which we have to take. For example First Aid training. Basic training with digital systems.]]> 2018-11-20 10:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306270551 Adding more possibilities https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271618 Allowing students to choose what they learn and for how long]]> 2018-11-20 10:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271618 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271732  In the United Kingdom, schools are either state schools funded by government and are free for all pupils, or they are independent schools and charge fees to the parents of the pupils. ]]> 2018-11-20 10:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271732 allowing students to chose what extra languages that they want to study instead of just making them do pre-selected languages, for example Spanish and French. https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271954 2018-11-20 10:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306271954 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272306 Student's should be allowed to have dictionaries when the are doing their exams.]]> 2018-11-20 10:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272306 “The system makes pupils feel failures if they don’ts get a C” https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272373 Pretty good quote ]]> 2018-11-20 10:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272373 In a poll of 700 school staff, the National Education Union (NEU) found that more than half said youngsters had been self-harming or thinking of self-harming https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272833 2018-11-20 10:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306272833 Teachers Pay wage https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273115 If teachers were payed more they might contribute to the lessons more than others. This also allowing teachers to help students more as they will have more of a passion and push to assist students.]]> 2018-11-20 10:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273115 more than a quarter said mental health issues have led to pupils killing themselves, or attempting suicide. https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273238 2018-11-20 10:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273238 “The culture of learning being a good thing in itself has gone. I feel kids come to school just to pass exams on a factory line and we are all colluding with that” https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273530 I will use this because relatable ]]> 2018-11-20 10:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273530 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273803 I think teachers should help students more often. Because some students need extra support and some of the students need that support because they might be dyslectic but they won't get any support.

]]> 2018-11-20 10:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306273803 students can be some what discriminated against and made to do things based off of things like disabilities almost as if they are just a lost cause and just need to be looked after, not actually allowing some students to make their own choices. https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306274423 2018-11-20 10:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306274423 Teen threw away school lunch, made herself sick and self-harmed as she hid eating disorder from her family Die to stress https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306274884 Usable ]]> 2018-11-20 10:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306274884 “Mental health care provision is not working for all children and young people in Wales https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306275661 2018-11-20 10:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/306275661 If things need to change on GCSEs then what are the alternatives on what we can do? And can they work? https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/307062499 2018-11-22 15:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/307062499 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308737790 Schools/teachers need to think about the health of the student not just their grades! ]]> 2018-11-28 12:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308737790 Students shouldn't feel pressure only support. https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308739216 2018-11-28 12:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308739216 Teachers need to focus on the stress causing students to drop out and fail their exams due to stress https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741319 2018-11-28 13:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741319 Students should be taught things that are relevant to everyday life. https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741535 2018-11-28 13:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741535 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741651 Students learn more about life for having normal conversations with there teachers, the curriculum doesn’t include any useful information for life after education. They should add more lessons about tax, getting a job etc. So children and young people have a slight idea of what they can do after they leave school/collage.]]> 2018-11-28 13:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741651 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741780 I think they should bring back all the things that their grandparents learned and how they could help the future generations develop the different skills of work life and opportunities that could be like budgeting money or planning on how to prep a meal.]]> 2018-11-28 13:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741780 Would rather learn budgeting and things that ACTUALLY MATTER https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741933 2018-11-28 13:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308741933 Life skills https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308742145 2018-11-28 13:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308742145 Schools only care about their rep w the results https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308742936 2018-11-28 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308742936 Only teach us what we really need to know for the future instead of doing subjects we don’t need https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308743214 2018-11-28 13:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308743214 We should be taught life skills such as finance and budgeting so we actually know what we’re doing when it comes to buying homes and paying taxes etc - Tom https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308744924 2018-11-28 13:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308744924 https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308745297 I think that it is good that the Welsh government has decided to bring out a new curriculum for the schools but I think that they should still use old ways of teaching the children in schools how they should budget money for this like shopping for food and how they would make and prepare a meal which would be for them and their family.]]> 2018-11-28 13:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/beth_des/GroupDiscussion/wish/308745297