After 10 years part-time with the same training organisation, I have been culled! Long story short, I refused to take a group of 9 lads through the 18th in a classroom situation back in June due to C19 ( I am at that age where I dont want to get the damn thing). So fair enough, in steps the PAT tutor. Good man he is too, not from an electrical background and wouldnt know the difference between an ACB and a SPD! Still, he presented a 3-day course that was well received, more especially since everyone passed. I have no idea of the content other than that it included hundreds of multiple-choice questions. Happy with the outcome, and also perhaps because the tutor was half a hundred cheaper than me per day, poor uncle Lyle has been dumped! Yes, my feathers are ruffled a tad but perhaps the course that I presented which, I felt, was grounded on good solid learning is really not the ticket for an industry that just wants success in an exam! Ah well, back to shopping in Lidl!
Thank you Mike and Chris. I was being a little bit tongue in cheek with respect to the situation. I have my own (touch wood) successful business. Teaching was very much a part-time affair that I thoroughly enjoyed. I guess that I dont fit well with the "here are the answers, dont worry about the questions" type approach. I have already been contacted by another training provider that I know has more respect for learning outcomes.
I was only joking about Lidl, by the way. Perfectly good shop, Lidl, but for some reason my good lady prefers M&S. Perhaps there is some kind of analogy in that somewhere!
My original point was really about tutor calibre. You might think that I am adopting a rather snooty view, quite the contrary, I just feel that we are losing good old fashioned understanding in the pursuit of exam success at any price. I have been tutoring both part and full-time for over 30 years and only once, 20 years ago, was I assessed for my ability in that role. Peer review with a good critical eye might smarten things up a bit!
Thank you Mike and Chris. I was being a little bit tongue in cheek with respect to the situation. I have my own (touch wood) successful business. Teaching was very much a part-time affair that I thoroughly enjoyed. I guess that I dont fit well with the "here are the answers, dont worry about the questions" type approach. I have already been contacted by another training provider that I know has more respect for learning outcomes.
I was only joking about Lidl, by the way. Perfectly good shop, Lidl, but for some reason my good lady prefers M&S. Perhaps there is some kind of analogy in that somewhere!
My original point was really about tutor calibre. You might think that I am adopting a rather snooty view, quite the contrary, I just feel that we are losing good old fashioned understanding in the pursuit of exam success at any price. I have been tutoring both part and full-time for over 30 years and only once, 20 years ago, was I assessed for my ability in that role. Peer review with a good critical eye might smarten things up a bit!
