考試引導教學的弊病

No Child Left Behind (N.C.L.B.) 計畫要求學生定期接受考試，太多學生未能通過考試的學校，將會受到輔導、補助金額也要變少。

結果大家的教學方式都改成記憶為主，反正背多分，先求能過最重要。使得教學失去活潑性，甚至，學生也因而失去自信心。

這似乎是考試引導教學必然產生的弊病。

不過，到底要讓學生自由的學習，或是讓他們在畢業後擁有一定程度的知識？這真是兩難啊！

即便像全人中學這樣體制外的學校，後來也不得已的要求學生要擁有基本能力 (所以有了必修科目)，就是因為他們發現讓學生完全自由的學習，學生很快樂，也很有自信，但是畢業時卻有許多畢業生未能擁有基本知能，因而開始有了這樣的限制。

到底哪樣的教學方式才是好的？很難抉擇啊！

參考來源：

"A young teacher asked me, "what did teachers use to do before they had the standards to help them to decide what to teach each day?" I said they thought about, "what would help my students to love learning today?" She responded to me by saying, "I never think about that." That is what effect NCLB is having on my school."
- Teacher Q | How Has N.C.L.B. Affected Your Teaching? - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

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