tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2867743134295835803..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: CCSSO Has Some Thoughts on Teacher PipelinePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-79572195981060878332017-11-26T08:12:59.875-05:002017-11-26T08:12:59.875-05:00This article shines a bright light on the 800 poun...This article shines a bright light on the 800 pound gorilla riding the elephant around the ed-reform debate room. Education policies and programs have been built on a web of lies: Knowledge is irrelevant; curricula should be content free; empty skill sets can be transferred; problem solving and higher order thinking can be taught independent of context; students should construct or discover their own knowledge; standardized tests can fairly and accurately measure classroom learning, independent of a lifetime of language and content acquisition. <br /><br />Daniel Willingham should be required reading for all teachers. In his book, “Why Don’t Students Like School”, Willingham uses cognitive learning theory and brain science to explain just how misguided much of our policies and pedagogy really is. Cannot recommend this more highly as it will alter your view of teaching and learning forever.<br /><br />The Next Generation Science Standards have been written and marketed using many of these same lies.<br />The underlying pedagogy of the NGSS, constructivism and discovery learning, have been disproved and debunked decades ago. Requiring children to learn science using the methods by which professional research scientists actually do science, is beyond misguided. The reformers from Achieve have willfully disregarded all we know about learning and the important role of foundational knowledge in order to market their NGSS science kits, textbooks, and one-to-one software. The push into NGSS is fooling a lot of educators and parents who are ignorant of cognitive learning theory.<br />NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-79193600148252616882017-11-26T08:09:48.533-05:002017-11-26T08:09:48.533-05:00Interesting!Interesting!Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-17380661365316334422017-11-25T16:42:08.721-05:002017-11-25T16:42:08.721-05:00This is totally tangential to this thread, but it&...This is totally tangential to this thread, but it's an interesting article on reading comprehension that mimics some of what you have written.<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-your-mind-to-read.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0lbwolperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789084098827243880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34544775813235838102017-11-25T15:07:23.038-05:002017-11-25T15:07:23.038-05:00What my mom used to say (she taught for 50 years 1...What my mom used to say (she taught for 50 years 1920-1970):<br />"We who have done so much for so long with so little can now do the impossible with nothing." I'm pretty sure she 'borrowed' the saying but it still describes the situation well.hyddyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550030236308389593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72811963915456131232017-11-24T16:48:41.161-05:002017-11-24T16:48:41.161-05:00I think you're absolutely right about why mill...I think you're absolutely right about why millennials quit their jobs. That's the trouble with data per se. It never tells you the why of anything.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com