Monday, July 13, 2009
How teaching has changed
I found the information in this section interesting. I have seen some of the slide shows and videos before. They certainly describe the classrooms I grew up in during the 50's and 60's accurately. However they also emphasized the need for basic skills as a prerequisite for 21st century learning. It is a great challenge for teachers today to keep all learners engaged while teaching the fundamentals required along with the global skills necessary for students to be productive 21st century workers. Collaboration among teachers in all disciplines is vitally important along with moving toward depth instead of breath in the curriculum. I believe a movement toward power standards is essential along with mastery teaching to better prepare our students to become lifelong learners.
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One of my favorite bloggers is Ira Socol. Here's a post I'm recommending everyone concerned about education read: http://education.change.org/blog/view/counting_the_origins_of_failure
ReplyDeletePower standards are a nice concept if there are done with care and understanding. Some people think you just take some benchmarks and put them into a power standard. No fewer bench marks just fewer "power standards". It still takes the same amount of time to teach the new PS as it did to teach the old BM. My anology goes something like this. If I go to the store and get a six pack of 12 ounce beer (72 ounces total) it may take me 3-4 hours to drink it. If I go back to the same store a week later and the beer has been repackaged into 4 18 ounce bottles I still get 72 ounces and it will still take me 3-4 hours to drink.
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