[Year 12 IT Apps] IT field

[Graham]

G'day all



On 18/02/2008, at 12:10 PM, Michael Walker wrote:

>>>>
> In a nutshell from the top of my head:
> * VELS incorporating ICT as a cross curricular domain is being used  
> as a reason for cutting IT classes because "other subject teachers  
> can teach them". Some schools redeploy IT teachers as some sort of  
> coach/mentor but I suspect many don't = lost positions.
> * VCE IT is on the nose with students as the perception is that it  
> gets marked down for their ENTER score unlike say various  
> Mathematics subjects. Also, it's not a prerequisite for anything at  
> uni unlike Maths or English. So classes get smaller and eventually  
> unviable which is what happened here. Negative feedback spiral some  
> might say.
> * Careers Coordinators are suggesting it as an "easy" topic for  
> students who may struggle in other subjects, thus putting off the  
> more academic students.
> * The subject isn't as sexy or interesting as say Art or Drama or  
> Psych or the Science ones so again it loses out. This one is a  
> little subjective but the nerd^H^H^H^H more science / maths / IT  
> oriented students that may choose IT are more likely to choose Biol  
> or Chem or Maths Methods or Specialist leaving less of a likelihood  
> of choosing IT for the reasons listed above.

Other reasons for its low numbers may be
* overlap with Business Management - choose one or the other
* not seen as interesting as year 11 or even year 10 IT, with strong  
emphasis on theory (Virtual teams, Project Management, IPC, etc)  
rather than the development of IT skills (i.e. less hands-on).


Graham Gales
Bright P-12 College
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