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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-10-21, Page 1510$0144t.:1 • • • ,NNNIOnsoONNW Bean Knives Hammered Bring them in now Winthrop Iron Seaforth 527-1829 , , ,, ,,,,ZYStrnAr110M"....rfpn.RWMF.V.8MVI.r.c.i Times-Advocate, toiler 21119 76 Po 15 • By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex Qn October 6, Ontario's Education Minister announced changes in the Province's educational system. The Liberal Party had for some time made no secret of the fact that we intended to unveil our education policy at a fund-raising dinner to be held on that date, and the Minister was certainly aware of our intentions. From statements made by our Party's representatives in recent months, as well as during - andprior to - the last election campaign, he must also have had a clear idea of what our "New Directions for Education" would be. Obviously, then, neither the timing of his announcement, nor the direction Of his changes can be looked upon as coincidental. Calling a hasty press con- ference, the Minister outlined the changes or "refinements" which had been decided upon - mainly that more solid "core" subjects, such as English, Mathematics, Canadian history or geography, will be required subjects for students entering Grades IX and X at the beginning of the 1977-78 school year, While we welcome the Government's refinements, we regret that there is still no guarantee that firm guidelines will be established to ensure that students throughout Ontario will be given comparable instruction, and assessed on similar achievement valuation stan- dards. Ontario's educational system is financially supported by the taxpayers in the belief that a literate, skilled and articulate population is vital for the well- being . of this Province. Our schools have a vital role to play in helping and encouraging our Hay reeve to run Jack 'Tinney, reeve of Hay township says .he is definitely planning to run for the posi- tion' of reeve in the coming municipal election. However, the remainder of the council members are not quite so definite. Mr. Tinney asked the other members of his council to decide for certain whether they intend to run for council before the next regular meeting of council on November 1 and make a definite statement at that time. This was confirmed by deputy reeve Joe Miller who says he hasn't decided yet but will have before the next council• meeting along with everyone else on council. Other members of the Hay council are Lionel Wilder, Lloyd Mousseau and Tony Bedard. , Mrs. Eric Luther of Hensall led the Sunday evening song service sponsored by the Christ- ian, Women's Club, Major Earl Maclnnes of the Salvation Army was the guest speaker. Mrs. Rick Luther sang a solo accom- panied at the organ by Mr. Eric Luther. Slide pictures of birthday parties and special events at the Home were shown on Family Night. Mrs. Hender- son arranged some musical numbers for the second part of the program. There were vocal solos by Morgan Dalton, a vocal duet by Nelson Lear and Elsie Henderson, piano solos by Mrs. Myrtle Parker, a piano duet by Mrs, Mestrin and Elsie Hender- son and songs by the men's chorus. The volunteer rally scheduled for Wednesday night, October 27th, has been Clanged to Thursday, October 28th, in the auditorium. Change education system young people, to become productive members of society, informed citizens, able to meet the challenge of today's com petitive world. Under the existing educational system in this Province, as Liberal Leader Stuart Smith has pointed out, "pupils are placed in an environment.where the degree of free choice is excessive for their level of maturity and in- consistent with the real world, creating unrealistic ex- pectations," We believe that standards must. have a place in our educational system, at every level, as they do in the public service and private enterprise, where individuals are evaluated against specific per- formance criteria. Province-wide educational standards would provide a yardstick against which pupils, parents, teachers and administrators could measure accomplishment. Our Party has long advocated a required core curriculum, and our recommendation is that at least one-half of the instructional time ( and most prescribed homework) in the Primary 'and Junior Divisions of our schools should encompass English readingcomprehensiov(Francais in francophone schools); formal communication skills such as precision in spelling, grammar, punctuation and spoken language; second language and culture (as trained teachers becothe available); arithmetic computation, measurement and associated problem solving; basic Canadian studies; fitness and health education. Students who have progressed to the Intermediate Division (Grades 7 to 10) should have obtained a basic grounding in language and arithmetic. Therefore, the core curriculum could be extended, with the basic skills serving as a foundation. The core in this division should be composed of five major' areas: Reading and Composition; Mathematics; Science; Social Science (inlcuding Canadian studies); Second Language and Culture. One of the fundamental shortcomings of the present educational system is the almost • total lack of curriculum structure t in secondary schools. The open credit method places intolerable burdens of choice on young pupils and their . parents. There is widespread recognition that pupils cannot adequately choose well-balanced programs of study, that parents and teachers currently have insufficient knowledge of pupils' attainment 'and interests to offer meaninful guidance. We have, in "New Directions for Education" recommended the establishment of a fourth or Senior Division, to begin at Grade XL Pupils at this level should have already attained a significant common background in basic knowledge, and a wide exposure to numerous subjects. Therefore, this Division would appear to be: the appropriate environment which to in- troduce a basically optional or elective program of study. In our view, province-wide - examinations, based on minimum standards of at- tainment in core courses, would provide- artecessary degree of accountability. These examinations would be taken by pupils at the end of the final year of each Division (after teachers have submitted final' grades for that yedr). In this way, the examinations would be diagnostic - not counted in course grades - and would provide province-wide evidence which would permit pupils and parents to gain an improved perspective of development of scholastic abilities, and more realistic expectations about the future. The examinations would also enable teachers to evaluate teaching methods and grading criteria, and adminidtrators to determine strengths and weaknesses in the schools under their jurisdiction. Such examinations would also be 'useful in determining eligibility for entry to colleges and universities. At present, a major difficulty facing ad- missions officers in institutiOns of higher learning is the great disparity in grading practices and course content in the Province's secondary schools. Commenting on our education policy, a recent "Toronto, Star" editorial maintained that "the return of province-wide examinations at the end of high school it emphatically necessary to correct the loss of recognizable standards in high schools, There is so Much variation now that univ ersity adrnissiOn offices dOn't know whether a student's high school graduation standing Means anything in terms of his :readiness to tackle college Work. This also accounts in part for the fact that students who can't read or Write properly are *wing up in universities." BETTER START NOW ON THOSE OUTDOOR JOBS BEFORE THE COLD WEATHER SETS IN! 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