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pwhodges:
Aw, thanks; but it's only for a few more weeks, so you shouldn't find it too arduous!
Akima:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 09 Jun 2011, 02:14 ---On the exams point - in the UK home education is completely legal and all you have to do is be able to explain to an inspector (should one contact you) what you're doing. The government have no right to demand curricula, learning plans, inspections, interviews with the children etc unless they suspect you're not actually teaching them anything - for example, if they know that both parents work full time and there's no tutor, then they can demand proof of education. Exams can be entered through local schools and it's pretty easy to set up.
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Home education is perfectly legal in Australia too, though I believe in Queensland parents have obtain permission from the state Dept. of Education. The issue with the HSC in NSW (and similar certificates in other states) is that it is not just based on the external exams taken at the end of Year 12, but also on coursework that is continuously assessed over (typically) the two school years leading up to the exams. This, in effect, requires home-ed parents aiming at the HSC to sign up, not just for exams, but for a complete "distance learning"-style package in which coursework is submitted to teachers for assessment by post, e-mail etc. over two years.
The BoS does not, I think, control the curriculum for home-ed generally, but it certainly does if the student is aiming for the HSC. The only element that is compulsory for everyone is two "units" of English, but there is also a requirement to complete a minimum number of BoS-developed course units. I don't in any way hold up the HSC system as an example of perfection, incidentally. Among other failings, it has an anti-science bias (the number of science units you can take is capped), and its rules on modern language study are racially discriminatory in effect, if not (ostensibly) by intent.
Tom:
The science cap is not really a problem. There aren't many science courses so it's odd anyway for someone to go after more than 6 units (3 courses) and you can take a total of 3 or 4 Math subjects. The real issue is that Humanities get scaled better by the UAC sausage makers than Sciences (incl. Math) do.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Tom on 09 Jun 2011, 19:22 ---There aren't many science courses so it's odd anyway for someone to go after more than 6 units (3 courses) and you can take a total of 3 or 4 Math subjects.
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Of course there aren't many science courses. What would be the point of creating curricula if you can't take them? And the science courses that you *can* take are restricted to two units (except for Mathematics), whereas you can take three-unit History, four-unit English, music, French etc. Basically scientists are second-class citizens in the NSW school system.
Method of Madness:
Hey, just wondering, for people who aren't from the States, what's involved in being licensed to teach? Does anyone know anyone who moved from the States and taught? I know this is slightly off topic, but it'd be really helpful.
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