SECTION NAME
Is it still necessary to separate IB programs
from the national educational planning?
their outcome. Yet not everything can be measured relaxed and meaningful way. Unfortunately, the problems did not
by assessment and criteria does not work for solved, even though 78.4 % of the population of Taiwan residents
every outcome. Same idea has been brought up by is in favor of 12-year compulsory education, a December 2006
David Willetts, in a speech made at a roadshow in poll by National Academy for Educational Research Preparatory
Southampton, he said: “Much of what is valuable Office. It turns out that students become too relaxed to learn and
in education cannot be measured in tests and has no ability to compete on world stage. Even worse, there is
league tables, just as the value of life is not only no standard criteria for the learning outcomes, which causes a
about prices and markets.” Taiwan, we have this big chaos in the education system in Taiwan. For example, to
issue in public education over years, which results enter a better university, there are some criteria based on student’s
in the education reform in 2014 in Taiwan- the extracurricular participation and course performance, such as
implementation of 12-year compulsory education, the participation in club, the awards of competition and so on.
hoping that students in high schools and vocational Funny enough, it turned out that there are some weird blow jobs
schools will no longer have to pay tuition fees and in classroom like switching the light off and on, picking up the
hoping that students can learn in a more trash after the classroom, or even feeding the pet! (Fish or any
small creature, I guess.) It is very thoughtful that teachers create
those weird jobs , engage everyone contributing themselves to
the class and let everyone has something to write on their resume.
Although the good intention it may seem, some teachers totally
misunderstand the core of the “extracurricular participation.”
JULIE
LIN
MARCH 2011 UNIVERSA
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