The Hornsby Advocate has written an article questioning undemocratic Schools. Now, whilst I agree that student voice is important and can increase engagement the premise of the article is a bit wrong.
Why should our school's be democratic?
I see this as one of the biggest issues in education today. Educators are not respected by society, parents or students for the fact that they are professionals and they are experts. Everyone has been to school, so surely everyone knows how to teach. Right? Wrong! Students do not have the power (and should not!) to choose the teachers at their school. Schools and leadership in schools are responsible for ensuring that quality teaching occurs and teaching and learning that is most effective may not be the same as what young inexperienced children would choose.
Until society recognises that it takes incredible skill to get students to learn, we will not have an education system or international test scores like the top nations.
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