... what it is that some people can do to relatively succeed according to long standing definitions and what do many people do to relatively fail? In one mixed ability lesson in the first school practice there was (by conversation and confirmation with the observing teacher afterwards) a fairly simple task for Year 9 students to follow. It was given in general, and once the work had begun the first student enquiry was the usual excuse for a general repetition of what to do. Then after several private repeats of the method of the task in hand I said to the whole class, "The government expects fifty percent of all students to go to university." The observing teacher instantly laughed aloud, and many students volunteered the prediction that they would not be in that fifty percent. Supposing that this policy is maintained, which may be doubted with the fees and debt system, the ...

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