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Susan Sandholm-Petersen

Key Ingredient Missing in 21st Century Education | Asia Society - 0 views

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shared by Susan Sandholm-Petersen on 10 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Mastery of world languages and the weaving of global awareness into core subject areas are key components of their definition of success. Yet too often, as in President Obama's call to arms this week, the notion that part of a world-class education includes knowing something about the world gets left out of the reform rhetoric. It's time to include global competency—knowing how to compete, communicate and collaborate with the world—as a core 21st century skill that all students, indeed, have a right to learn
    • Susan Sandholm-Petersen
      Susan Sandholm-Petersen on 10 Apr 10
       
      One of the best ways to learn global competence and to develop global literacy is to learn another language. Communication and collaboration are embedded and experienced via the target language
    • Susan Sandholm-Petersen
      Susan Sandholm-Petersen on 10 Apr 10
       
      Although World Languages is listed as a key 21st Century Skill (second on the list of key competencies, after English, reading and language arts), World Languages instruction is currently not part of the Iowa Core Curriculum. Will our Iowa students be fully prepared to work on a global level without this competency?
Russell A

The Changing Face of Education in Iowa: Call for Action: Get Rid of Grades - 5 views

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shared by Russell A on 17 Jun 09 - Cached
  • We never get a chance to have students compare themselves to... themselves. Never to look at how much they have grown, or what they have left to do.
    • Gina Martin
      Gina Martin on 07 Apr 10
       
      This is so true.
    • Lacy Kolpin
      Lacy Kolpin on 07 Apr 10
       
      I find this very interesting and it's such a great point that I took some time to reflect on. As a teacher, I can see how this may benefit some students. Some of them would really enjoying seeing how far they've come or what they don't know yet. Not all of them look at their ITEDs scores and really understand them. I guess this would be a good reason for some form of pre/post testing. I really like the idea of having students take pride in seeing what they've gotten out of the classroom since so many of them degrade themselves and what they're learning anyway....thanks for the food for thought.
    • Karen Waid
      Karen Waid on 08 Apr 10
       
      I teach special education and I compare my students to themselves all the time. The skill areas we work on are charted and monitored twice a month at a minimum. I think it is an extremely valuable tool to have them see a visual of how they have grown (hopefully!) through the year. I agree that grading is subjective in many areas and can be inconsistent. Grades are most important in high school for getting into college and scholarships.
    • Russell A
      Russell A on 10 Apr 10
       
      The way textbooks and goals are set up normally, the tendency would be that students assess themselves against a pre-concieved standard. This will take a lot of re-thinking.
    • Gene McCracken
      Gene McCracken on 09 Apr 10
       
      Many college drop outs have substantial debt - yes kid's expense in more than one way!
    • Susan Sandholm-Petersen
      Susan Sandholm-Petersen on 10 Apr 10
       
      The Iowa World Language Association is working on the materials for a language passport or portfolio which could be used to document what a student knows and can do. This language passport can be used by universities and future employers to attest to a student's competence with a particular language--something that grades don't always show. Perhaps other areas could develop similar tools to showcase a student's competence in that area.
  • K Wolf on 17 Jun 09
     
    Wow...well written. I have been of the same school of thought for some time, but it seems like such an 'out there' concept for so many people.
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  • Julie Schendel on 18 Jun 09
     
    I heard Doug Reeves speak on Monday and he spoke to the very same issue. He offered an activity in which he provided a set of five different grades and asked each individual in the room to "average" them in some fashion and then decide on a final grade. In a room of around 75 educators, individuals took the same grades and came up with As, Bs, Cs and Fs for the same set of five posted grades. Doug's point was that grading is so subjective, inconsistent and doesn't provide useful information to students, parents or others.
  • anonymous on 31 Mar 10
     
    I have never thought of grading being so subjective and inconsistent, but this is very interesting school of thought.
  • Gene McCracken on 09 Apr 10
     
    Pretty far out; I like it. Thinking about the depth to which grades are in the system - credits, transcripts, GPA - both as a sign of progress and or understanding. Also thinking about assessment and grading - assessment of learning versus assessment for learning...... Great post!
  • Julie Schwertley on 14 Apr 10
     
    I often think of how valuable this has been for my own children. They have had a Montesouri education and have been graded on challenging themselves and not compared to the other students. We have now switched back to traditional school and I find that my children are becoming a bit lazy. They now say things like who cares I always get A's. Is this what learning is about? I try to make sure to stress challenging yourself to my own students and I downplay grades.
  • Renee Harmon on 19 Apr 10
     
    Great piece and the discussions we must be having as an education community. AND the discussion we should have with students and parents. Often we have this belief that the status quo is just fine, but often do nothing about challenging our system and how it supports learning as a journey. This concept and discussion should be kept alive and I believe we need to keep this discussion open.
Susan Sandholm-Petersen

Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:Leading for Global Competency - 0 views

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shared by Susan Sandholm-Petersen on 10 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Yet in spite of growing awareness of the importance of developing global skills, few students around the world have the opportunity today to become globally competent.
Corey St. John

Introductions! - 26 views

Hello everyone, My name is Corey St. John and I work for the Waukee Community School District. I just finished my 5th year teaching Social Studies at the Middle School and I too am just about fin...

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