tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post4404229480074349394..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Driving Ed ReformPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-86072021356981484732015-10-26T10:11:59.650-04:002015-10-26T10:11:59.650-04:00Yes every driver should train properly before driv...Yes every driver should train properly before drive. Now you can learn very easily. lots of centres are available and also you can learn it online. I am also learning it online from Cadriveredonline.com. It may help you. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771986032416644397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-64804467423321447542015-04-20T13:32:08.744-04:002015-04-20T13:32:08.744-04:00I've read Fullan before, and I think what he s...I've read Fullan before, and I think what he says makes tons of sense. The only thing I see in the comments section of the Ontario article is that any latent problems in the Ontario system are caused by Conservative government policies, not Fullan's ideas. And he only mentions McKinsey to prove his point that focusing on capacity building rather than "accountability" (which you illustrate brilliantly with your analogy of sufficient workers with sufficient training, resources and tools vs."Do better or you're fired") doesn't work.<br /><br /> I think it IS possible to have standards and assessments and not have them take over the system. That's his whole point, and standards and assessments have existed forever but didn't take over our system until NCLB.<br /><br /> I agree that when he talks about intrinsic motivation in teachers it can sound like "they know how to do it, they just don't want to", but I don't think that's what he's saying, because he talks about situating "the energy of educators and students as the central driving force" and "Intrinsic energy derives from doing something well that is important to you and to those with whom you are working" and "policies and strategies must generate the very conditions that make intrinsic motivation flourish." So I think he's saying that teachers need the support and respect to do what they know how to do. <br /><br />When he talks about changing the teaching culture, I don't think he means changing teachers, he means changing how people think about teachers. When he says there needs to be trust, I don't think he means teachers trusting politicians, he means everyone else trusting teachers.<br /><br />He doesn't get into specific details about how to implement this, and I think leadership could be a problem because it's not going to work to use business people or principals who are failed teachers. A change in focus by itself isn't going to be enough, because if you're talking about systems, the whole system isn't just the educational system, it's society at large, and poverty and inequitable funding also have to be addressed. But I'd much rather the powers that be jumped on Fullan's bandwagon and got off the one they're on. It would be a good first step. Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-33313587665793415752015-04-20T12:16:25.582-04:002015-04-20T12:16:25.582-04:00Yes, that would have been a good one.Yes, that would have been a good one.Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-27572813006852205752015-04-20T11:54:02.721-04:002015-04-20T11:54:02.721-04:00When I saw the title of the blog "Driving Ed ...When I saw the title of the blog "Driving Ed Reform" I assumed it was going to be about reforming driver education.<br />Instead of people learning to drive a car being able to learn at their own pace and retake the examination as many times as they like, passing them when they have reached the standard required to be trusted handling a metal death machine at 70mph inches from other road user, we could:<br />Insist that drivers become "car and truck ready" at an earlier age. Driving an 18 wheeler rig through an icy mountain path in the third lesson would be a good start.<br />Set driving school against driving school removing experienced driving instructors and instead appointing people who have just learnt to drive. <br />Make the drivers examination high stakes, immediately fire any instructor who has a pupil who fails (but allow some non-government run training schools to pass any pupils likely to fail to the government run schools)<br />Make the test a once only event. If you fail then you can never retake it.<br /><br />@sbunching https://www.blogger.com/profile/04458873879089729391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-60098459113839494352015-04-19T09:32:02.249-04:002015-04-19T09:32:02.249-04:00Peter, I don't know. How you have time to teac...Peter, I don't know. How you have time to teach. Your writing is informed, witty and prolific. Pitting teachers against one another is a cancer in a school.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124618450615172190noreply@blogger.com