“One of the best teacher practices is making sure you have a reasonable ratio between your instructor, and your students so that you have enough time one on one to work with them” says a John Paul 2 Secondary School teacher in London, who did not want to be named.
“Right now maximum class sizes are at 28 for open level courses, and 32 for the University level” she says.
“They’re suggesting increasing all class sizes up higher, now they did indicate they would be willing to come back down when they realized that wasn’t possible. ”
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As for the e-learning courses, they are now optional, but the government would like to make it mandatory for all students.
“Not everyone is suited to learning online, so giving them the option is one thing, if they feel they can handle it on their own that’s great but if you’re a student who needs that instruction than being told you have to do it on your own, I don’t think that’s fair.
As for a wage increase, she does want one, but says that is not their main issue.
“Yes, every worker hopes to get a bit of an increase I don’t know if that’s possible, but the really big issues are class sizes and the mandatory e-learning.”
So just when are these talks going to end?
“There are no meetings planned at this point with the government, we hope through action like this at least to get them back in the public’s eye, and hopefully that brings them back to setting up a meeting at least.”
