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The sum of all fears or a year in the life of a seventh class or the secondary schoolleaving examination for the year

Author(s): Paweł Sporek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Education, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: education; curriculum; school; eighth grade exam; reform;

Summary/Abstract: This text refers to the situation of primary school, especially the seventh and eighth grades,after the educational reform of 2017. The author shows the negative impact of the reform on thefunctioning of students, parents, teachers and publishers in the new educational reality. Theauthor points the conditions resulting from the reform, indicates their consequences for theorganization of the educational process, the textbook market, shows the incommensurabilityof the new formula of the school to the needs and expectations of educational entities.Critically analyzes the concept of the eighth grade exam, based on the Informator o egzaminieósmoklasisty… by the Regional Examination Commission. In conclusion, the author of thearticle argues that the negative consequences of the reform and the resulting consequenceswill primarily the hardest to lift for teachers and students.

  • Issue Year: 10/2019
  • Issue No: 285
  • Page Range: 39-51
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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