[Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 IT structures

[Mclean, Rachelle L]

I'm at Hampton Park Secondary and there's no compulsory ICT here either.
It is ridiculous.  The school's attitude is that every teacher can teach
ICT integrated with their regular units.  As if!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Rachelle McLean

Hampton Park Secondary

 

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Subject: [Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 IT structures

 

Hi all

My school, Montmorency SC, has NO compulsory ICT!

A student can go through 6 years of schooling here and do NO formal IT.

No other school I have ever taught in (2 in Vic, 3 in QLD and 4 in the
UK) have ever had this! 

It seems unbelievable that in the Information Age students are not
formally taught ANY ICT.

They have to learn another language, do wood, metal, cooking and sewing
- useful and even essential - but the ONE thing none of them can avoid
is ICT! 

Sure, many can play games and surf to sites, but they are not formally
taught a wide range of other useful or essentail skills.

Schools I have taught in elsewhere had at least one semester of ICT at
Year 7 (Yr 8 in QLD as secondary starts in Yr8). 

Most had an elective system that required them to do at least ONE or
more units at 8/9 or even again in Yr 10.

Comments anyone?

 
Regards

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