As a former principal teacher I believe that the issue with CfE is that it does not go far enough. The problem of teaching to the test and death by past-paper which exists in our schools will not be resolved until all examinations are abolished at the fourth-year stage. The new system keeps the examination, in the form of the new national 5, albeit for a smaller percentage of pupils and, therefore, the old teaching methods will continue as long as the exam, in whatever format, exists.
Onus on memory testing and exams leads to shallow knowledge retention
I READ Brian Boyd's eloquent defence of a Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) with great interest (Letters, February 7).
As a former principal teacher I believe that the issue with CfE is that it does not go far enough. The problem of teaching to the test and death by past-paper which exists in our schools will not be resolved until all examinations are abolished at the fourth-year stage. The new system keeps the examination, in the form of the new national 5, albeit for a smaller percentage of pupils and, therefore, the old teaching methods will continue as long as the exam, in whatever format, exists.
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Don't show me this again.