There seems to be widespread lingering confusion on this point. What is important – going to school or learning? And why would this question puzzle some folks – because it would and will. Isn’t school where you go for learning? But this is just the point, schools are about grades, rules, conformity and some remembering, [...]
Archive for September, 2010
school or learning?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, children, education, grades, learning, reform, success, teaching, whole child on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from Superman to Nowhere
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, charter school, choice, education, future, innovation, learning, life, reform, school, success, teaching on September 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Two independent films have been launched across the country at this ‘back-to-school time of year: Waiting for Superman and Race to Nowhere, Both films present the very real and very dangerous issues facing public education in this country. I’ll next wait for the film that address the very real and very dangerous issues facing TRADITIONAL [...]
stop content delivery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, creativity, development, education, engagement, experience, exploration, innovation, learning, NCLB, optimal development, reform, school, teaching, thought, whole child on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This has simply got to be one of the death-knells of traditional education. “Content delivery” is the idea that you go to school to be “taught” some “basic skills” by another person. So long as the educational world holds this as its raison d’etre the problems of education will remain. We need to move well [...]
disruptive innovation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, education, innovation, learning, life, optimal development, reform, school, science, teaching, technology on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This concept was just introduced to me. Already a few years old, it has grown from the business world where it was launched and found it’s way to the world of education as a “solution” to the problem that traditional education has in meeting the individual learning needs of all students. The person behind the [...]
custom education
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a world where so much is tailored to the individual customer – you get just what YOU need – it is interesting to see that this attitude is creeping into education with “School of One”. This is a program in New York City aimed at making the learner the focus and not the classroom, [...]
just remember…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Only connect. That’s the basic message if we want “high functioning, high achieving” students/people. Only connect to what you’re learning, what you’re exploring. Connect via interest and passion. Connect via the freedom to be “you”. Connect via personal responsibility. I had a conversation yesterday with an elementary teacher about changing the name of a drop-off [...]
still tripping up over scores
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, education, evaluation, grades, grading, learning, reform, school, teaching, test scores, testing on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In one recent news story surrounding the flare-up over \”value added\” teaching assessment – there was also a big story in the L.A. Times last week – there’s a comment that goes to show that we’re so far from coming to terms with what’s wrong with traditional education, it simply amazes me. The whole “value-added” [...]
active learning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, creativity, education, engagement, experience, exploration, flourishing, imagination, innovation, knowledge, learning, montessori, neuroscience, optimal development, psychology, reform, school, teaching, whole child on September 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If learning means that you understand something new, it will only come as a result of the learner actively participating in the process of “coming to understand”. What the above means is that learning is very different from remembering. This is a common theme in what I write about in this space. That’s because remembering [...]
deep into learning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged development, education, engagement, evaluation, experience, flourishing, innovation, interest, learning, middle school, NCLB, neuroscience, optimal development, reform, school, science, students, success, teaching, testing, thought, whole child on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Yes, I know that… I just can’t explain it”. Ever heard this? Ever SAID it? If you “can’t explain it”, you DON’T know it. Very simple. It’s one of the reasons why writing things down in your own words is so valuable: it’s a test of your understanding. When writing you have to use complete [...]
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