Teachers hold a banner during a demonstration in Lisbon March 8, 2008. More than 80,000 Portuguese teachers protested on Saturday against a government plan to evaluate teachers' performance for the first time and other reforms the government hopes will raise education levels. The placard reads "March of teachers indignation"
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Policies of Socrates government receive “Fail” grade by largest demonstration of teachers ever in Portugal. The vast majority of the country’s teachers – 100.000 of them – turned out in Lisbon on 8th March to protest against the new policies for assessment and management of state schools. (...)
According to the unions, this model is an attack against a democratic management of state schools and is a further affront to the teaching class, diminishing its voice inside the school. The Statute implements a system where for example, a maths teacher can assess the test given by a biology teacher, setting up a peer review mechanism where persons without any conditions whatsoever are to assess their colleagues. And lastly, how many pupils, anywhere in the world, are qualified to judge a teacher’s work? Those who state that their favourite subjects are the break times?
Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY
PRAVDA. Ru
PRAVDA. Ru
1 comentário:
Fez-se história, sem dúvida. Esperemos agora que esta iniciativa surta efeito e que os que mandam se apercebam finalmente o que estão a fazer uma educação em que a maior parte dos seus intervenientes não são tidos nem achados para as decisões de maior relevância.
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