By Natasha Lomas
Published: Thursday 07 February 2008
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Name
Roger Huffadine
Location
Worcester UK
Occupation
Grumpy Old Git
Comment
Teaching IT in Schools is mainly policing errant students who enrolled for IT so that they can play computer games.
There are a few students who would like to learn the [limited by government diktat] curriculum but don't get the attention that they deserve because of the majority of games players in their class.
The truly 'bright' pupils already know everything that is in the curriculum and develop further skills at home.
Anyone applying for a PGCE in IT should first spend time in a city school watching a week of IT lessons.
I suspect that the drop in applications for PGCE in IT would drop to almost zero.
It would be interesting to know how many of the 355 applicants from last year finally make it into a classroom and stay for more than 2 years.
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