{"id":1210,"date":"2013-05-19T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T02:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2013\/05\/one_concern_with_the_paper\/"},"modified":"2013-05-19T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T02:45:24","slug":"one-concern-with-the-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2013\/05\/one-concern-with-the-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"out of the mouths of students"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been trialling some software for on-line paper\/teaching appraisals & I got my results back the other day. The appraisal form included open-ended questions where students could give extended feedback on particular issues that concerned them, & I’ve been going through it all so that I can give feedback in my turn, thus ‘closing the loop’. (This is something that I believe is absolutely essential: students need to know that we value their opinions & that, where appropriate, use them to inform what we do.) I’ve been interested to see that some of the class are definitely thinking outside the ‘box’ that represents my paper, and one comment in particular struck a chord:<\/p>\n

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One concern with the paper is individuals who were not taught certain aspects of the NCEA Level 3 curriculum. This is a major issue that has resulted from the preference of schools to not teach certain aspects of the course. There NEEDS to be consultation to standardise the NCEA curriculum as well as ensuring that the gap is bridged with communication between teriary education providers and secondary education providers. As I understand it there is significant concern over the changed NCEA Level 3 Biology course, which now does not teach genetics in year 13. I don’t know the answer in the resolution of this issue, however it will greaty impact on future acedemic success as well as future funding when grades drop.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This student has hit the nail squarely on the head. Teachers reading this will be working on the following Achievement Standards with their year 12 students this year (where previously gene expression was handled in year 13): AS91157 Demonstrate understanding of genetic variation and change, and AS91159: Demonstrate understanding of gene expression. (You’ll find the Biology subject matrix here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And as my student says, this has the potential to cause real problems unless the university staff concerned have made it their business to be aware of these changes and to consider their impact. For the 2014 cohort of students coming in to introductory biology classes will have quite different prior learning experiences (& not just in genetics) from those we are teaching this year and taught in previous years. We cannot continue as we have done in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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