Curriculum changes ‘not relished by teachers’
Teachers in Scotland continue to face many demands on their time and therefore many are unsure about further changes to the national curriculum.
The Herald Scotland published a letter from teacher Gwen Adair who stated that the revised Curriculum for Excellence means that teachers are being given a greater workload than ever before and this is not conducive to boosting child literacy and other skills.
She claimed that teachers can be responsible for meeting the learning needs of up to 120 different pupils per day at secondary school, with a range of abilities, personalities and individual targets that need to be met.
Nansi Ellis, head of education policy at the education union ATL, recently commented that parents and schools have been advised that a focus on maths education also needs to take place if young people are to have the skills to get ahead in their careers later in life.
She added: "Some will study beyond 16, but all pupils must have the opportunity to learn to function mathematically in the 21st Century rather than learning to be mathematical 'failures'."
