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On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:09:55 +0000 (GMT) Gordon Henderson wrote: > > Perhaps there is hope after all: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16493929 > > Gordon It's a good start, but I can't see it coming to fruition easily or soon. In my experience, I(C)T in schools is almost always 'taught' by non-specialists - there are exceptions to the rule, but that's always the case with broad generalisations - and as such there is unlikely to be a body of I(C)T teachers in schools that are willing or capable of teaching the 'new' curriculum. Getting IT specialists in to teach the subject would be the best option, but that is not going to be an easy task. I, for one, would be quite happy to go and teach IT in secondary schools, but it would mean an absolutely massive drop in salary... and that's from someone who is qualified to teach (I have a PGCE, but in "post compulsory education and training")! To start out in a secondary school, I believe we're talking about a salary of something in the region of Â17k or Â18k... not bad to start with, but for many in IT that would represent a huge drop. So where are we going to get these new IT teachers from? Those at Uni studying IT courses will most likely not know of this proposed change, and their experience of IT at school will probably put them off going in to teach it anyway and those in the IT industry are likely to be put off entering the teaching market by the potentially significant drop in salary. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq