Teachers: appropriate education is a problem on all sides
Four years after the introduction of appropriate education, primary school teachers are still very critical of its implementation. They experience more work pressure and cannot give students the attention they need.
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Four out of five teachers are negative about the implementation of appropriate education. Only one in ten is positive, according to one representative investigation of DUO Education Research (not to be confused with the OCW executive organization), in which one thousand of the 6400 primary school teachers approached took part.
The results show no improvement compared to an earlier survey last year. On some points, there has been a decline. For example, 87 percent of teachers indicate that they themselves experience negative consequences from the introduction of appropriate education. In 2017 this was 80 percent.
Less time
Nine out of ten teachers indicate that their own workload has increased due to appropriate education, that they have too little time for students who need extra support and that they have less time for the other students.
More than two-thirds of primary school teachers indicate that many students who need extra support fall between two strands.
Only a quarter of teachers believe that their school is better able to respond to the individual support needs of the pupil thanks to appropriate education. More than two-thirds indicate that many students who need extra support fall between the cracks.
Four out of five primary school teachers think that children with behavioral problems do not benefit from appropriate education. Three quarters have students in their own class who would be better off in special education.
Trust
A quarter of teachers indicate that appropriate education at their school is going relatively well. Four out of ten teachers do not think so.
Slightly less than one third are confident that appropriate education will be a success at their school within two years. A large majority of 61 percent does not believe in that. This gloomy outlook has barely improved compared to 2017.
Basic care
Last weekend reported the Education magazine that the 152 partnerships for appropriate education in primary and secondary education had just under 2017 million euros left in 32. Their aggregated equity grew to EUR 238 million. What the AOb education money must go to the class.
The union also believes that one national level of basic care should be established, so that there is more clarity for teachers and parents. It turned out six months ago AObresearch all that teachers often do not have enough time and resources to give their students the necessary support.
