[Year 12 IPM] Combined year 11 and 12 VCE IT classes

[Roland Gesthuizen]

A very good workload point Margaret that is easily glossed over by the 
school administration.

Any hints about that elusive structure .. is it a constant juggle to do 
keep two balls in the air, a hybrid or perhaps two classrooms without a 
wall and just one teacher?

Lawson, Margaret wrote:

> I don't have an issue with combined classes, in some sense it can 
> benefit the kids. At two of my past schools I have run combined 
> classes because of timetabling clashes (evil timetablers ...).
>  
> What I do have a problem with is the administration writing it down as 
> one teaching allotment rather than two. You still have two courses 
> that you have to structure, assess and write exams for. In a sense 
> combining the curriculum of two subjects into one class and trying to 
> get a meaningful structure and lessons is perhaps harder and more 
> challenging.
>  
> Margaret
>
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> [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Lel, Ronald A
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 December 2005 9:02 AM
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> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IPM] IPM New to list
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>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au
>     [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Robert Minato
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 December 2005 8:29 AM
>     *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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>     *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IPM] IPM New to list
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>     Some of the class are only YR10s and I believe far from ready for
>     IPM. Numbers were such that the subject wasn't initially going to
>     run; however, sufficient students were available to do it as a
>     combined class.
>
>     It ran as a combined class this year.
>
>
>     -- 
>     Robert Minato
>     Teacher
>     Catholic College Wodonga
>     02 6059 1222
>
>
>
>      Snipped
>     Well good luck Robert. I'd be really interested in knowing
>     how your DP taught this and what strategies he/she used to combine
>     2 classes which, as has already been pointed out, have quite
>     different philosophies underpinning them. It seems like another
>     case of administrative expediency replacing kids' education and
>     learning.
>      
>     Ron Lel
>     Croydon Secondary College
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