[Year 12 IPM] ITA ("IPM 2007") summary

[Nick Axaris]

Apologies to anyone who may be offended by my "egghead" and "crud" 
comments I retract them as they were said in the heat of the moment.


Don't take this personally.
The course as I read it is a rehash of the old with a few new added bits.
it needed a big spruce up and I'm afraid it hasn't happened.
The bottom line is bums on seats and we won't see that.
Students have moved past databases.
THIS is why vet courses are so popular.
quote: "The VET courses provide a
very different experience for students, and we did not want to replicate
that" end quote:

There was no need to replicate the courses but after our debates on this forum we should at least have incorporated elements from  them so that student interest would be there.

Who are we writing the courses for?
the students or the traditionalists?
I maintain that the course should be renamed IT office administration.(ITOA)






Adrian Janson wrote:
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> When writing a course from the ground up - and this IS what we did, it is
> important to consider those elements that are core elements of our
> discipline.  We have included these - and more.  The VET courses provide a
> very different experience for students, and we did not want to replicate
> that.  The study design affords a wide range of applications and tasks to be
> completed - and it is up to us to write coursework to fit into our schools
> and tailored for our particular students.  I for one, will gladly post my
>
>
> Adrian Janson
> Melbourne High School
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