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Story: Microsoft's education claims rebuffed
Posted by: Ian Smith (Wednesday 18 May 2005, 12:32 PM)
It's bad enough that kids are coming out of school with supposed IT qualifications, only to find that they need retraining for commercial work. If education is going be worth anything other than for educations sake, schools must teach the applications and skills necessary for the real world.
To get a feel for what I'm saying, have a look at the AS Level sylabus for ICT...there's very little practical application, just large sections on "the impact of ICT", etc. etc. I presume this is necessary as the sylabus cant keep pace with change in the real world.
Yes, I'd love our company to be developing Linux appliations for our clients - but our clients are steadfastly using Windows apps, so we must do the same.
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Story: Microsoft's education claims rebuffed
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what about photoshop, illustrator, flash and all t... steve morris -
Sensible about what? The applications you me... Robert -
In the 1950s, the UK school system stopped pretend... Anonymous
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With Windows, students learn like "Monkey se... Abe
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It's bad enough that kids are coming out of school... Ian Smith -
I keep hearing this tired and invalid argument tha... Keith Milner
