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timwilky · 10-03-09, 11:14 AM

I am more concerned about the standard of teachers currently in the job than those that may come into it.

I remember some years ago helping my daughter with her IT project and she was poorly marked. When at parents evening I questioned it I was told she had the logic wrong, It was a hotel booking system and her reservation system looked for empty rooms, not occupied. Did you look at the underlying SQL I asked, in order to reserve a room you need to know what is available, not occupied. No I don't understand or teach that stuff he replied.

Oh how are you qualified to teach IT, I did course I do it as well as PE. what he meant was somebody had shown him to use Microsoft office. I was already annoyed as in my opinion they should have been teaching the principles of IT, not how to use a limited set of commercial applications.

So the geography/history teachers etc have BAs in their subject the science teachers the appropriate BSc, MSc etc. but the IT teacher did a course and is actually only qualified in Physical Education.

Maybe it is better to get in place academically qualified and teach them to teach, rather than teach teachers the subject they are to teach.

I have a friend who unfortunately I had to make redundant some years ago. He has gone to his former grammar school as an IT tech as he needed some security in his life. Despite having a BSc Hons in Computing and 25 years industry experience as an applications developer he is earning a pittance, knows more about IT than those teaching it. However, he can go home at night and switch off. I am not sure he would want the aggravation of teaching for the lousy salaries newly qualified teachers get.

I used to do a couple of lectures each year at my local university on operating system design and implementation. Whilst I am not qualified to teach anything. The university had approached me as two of their Phd students had worked for me and had suggested my name when the university were struggling to find somebody to present the subject. Nice pay for 3 weeks work. But then they decided to switch the O/S they used for that component module and I was replaced by a staff member. I could always send a few to sleep

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timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: 6 months and qualified to teach kids? I am more concerned about the standard of teachers currently in the job than those that may come into it. I remember some years ago helping my daughter with her IT project and she was poorly marked. When at parents evening I questioned it I was told she had the logic wrong, It was a hotel booking system and her reservation system looked for empty rooms, not occupied. Did you look at the underlying SQL I asked, in order to reserve a room you need to know what is available, not occupied. No I don't understand or teach that stuff he replied. Oh how are you qualified to teach IT, I did course I do it as well as PE. what he meant was somebody had shown him to use Microsoft office. I was already annoyed as in my opinion they should have been teaching the principles of IT, not how to use a limited set of commercial applications. So the geography/history teachers etc have BAs in their subject the science teachers the appropriate BSc, MSc etc. but the IT teacher did a course and is actually only qualified in Physical Education. Maybe it is better to get in place academically qualified and teach them to teach, rather than teach teachers the subject they are to teach. I have a friend who unfortunately I had to make redundant some years ago. He has gone to his former grammar school as an IT tech as he needed some security in his life. Despite having a BSc Hons in Computing and 25 years industry experience as an applications developer he is earning a pittance, knows more about IT than those teaching it. However, he can go home at night and switch off. I am not sure he would want the aggravation of teaching for the lousy salaries newly qualified teachers get. I used to do a couple of lectures each year at my local university on operating system design and implementation. Whilst I am not qualified to teach anything. The university had approached me as two of their Phd students had worked for me and had suggested my name when the university were struggling to find somebody to present the subject. Nice pay for 3 weeks work. But then they decided to switch the O/S they used for that component module and I was replaced by a staff member. I could always send a few to sleep __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated. Last edited by timwilky; 10-03-09 at 11:27 AM.