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Getting To No - 0 views

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  • Nancy Jones on 23 Dec 11
     
    An article by Rob Evans who was one of the presenters at BLC2011 and also hosted an ISACS webinar much on the same topic. Very truthful, even though the honesty hurts.
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    Founded by Rushton Hurley An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!
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  • the student’s task in such classrooms is “comprehending how the teacher has integrated or applied the ideas… and [then] reconstruct[ing] the teacher’s thinking.”
  • f your criteria are more ambitious — long-term retention of what’s been taught, the capacity to understand ideas and apply them to new kinds of problems, a desire to continue learning — the relative benefits of progressive education are even greater.[5]
  • It took me years to realize [that my] classroom was all about me, not about the kids. It was about teaching, not about learning.”
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  • projects in which they took a high degree of initiative
  • they may be impressed by the wrong things, reassured by signs of traditionalism — letter grades, spelling quizzes, heavy textbooks, a teacher in firm control of the classroom — and unnerved by their absence
  • homework assigned only when it’s absolutely necessary to extend and enrich a lesson, or is it assigned on a regular basis (as in a traditional school)?  If homework is given, are the assignments predicated on – and justified by -- a behaviorist model of “reinforcing” what they were taught – or do they truly deepen students’ understanding of, and engagement with, ideas?  How much of a role do the students play in making decisions about homework?
  • Nancy Jones on 11 Dec 10
     
    from independent schools magazine Spring 2008
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