Lara/22/Australia
I'm completing my Bachelor of Education (Primary and Middle) with Honours, and this semester I'm required to keep up to date with reflections of my learning, understanding, and progress as I prepare for a research project, my final prac, and attempting to get a job.
These are my thoughts.
Currently, teachers seem to be held ever more responsible when students don’t “learn” (learn often being quantified by level of achievement in standardised tests). However teachers also lack the freedom to make the professional, informed educational decisions that suit the needs of their students and increase the likelihood of engagement and subsequent learning.
This is something I struggle with, going into the teaching profession. If I can’t teach to a high standard, to the best a student can get, I don’t think I want to teach at all. I don’t want to spend countless year frustrated about being handcuffed and restricted from making the best learning experiences that the children need.
