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anonymous

Imagining Successful Schools - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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future education learning predictions

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  • This system has infuriated and shamed teachers, and is a lot of the reason that teacher turnover is so high, causing even many of the best teachers to abandon the ranks.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      This was always a topical conversation and was the reason some of my colleagues left. I saw engineers go from somebody with pride in themselves to saying that they had to leave because they did not like what was happening to them.
  • in order to meet the demands of a global economy, our educational system needs to be re-engineered for much higher performance.
  • No other country believes that you can get to a high quality educational system simply by instituting an accountability system,” he says.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      Accountability is not the answer because it creates an "tick and flick" control mechanism, meaning more of the same.
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  • test-based accountability is “doing untold damage to the profession of teaching.”
  • The main thing that works is treating teaching as a profession, and teachers as professionals.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      Oh gosh, how I wished this was so when I was in there. You do sometimes feel like the proverbial "glorified baby sitter." 
  • That means that teachers are as well paid as other professionals, that they have a career ladder, that they go to elite schools where they learn their craft, and that they are among the top quartile of college graduates instead of the bottom quartile.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      Wow, I'm so with this, as a professional tutor my rate is less than 25% of what a lawyer or accountant would get for the same time.
  • When I suggested that American cities couldn’t afford to pay teachers the way we pay engineers or lawyers, Tucker scoffed. With rare exception, he said, the cost per pupil in the places with the best educational systems is less than the American system, even though their teachers are far better paid. “They are not spending more money; they are spending money differently,” he said.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      When an individual is treated like a professional they raise the bar. I have seen this in all my encounters with students. How they are treated is how they behave.
  • Tucker would not abolish tests, but he would have fewer of them.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      This is great! I don't think we should do away with assessment completely but we should be using them as more of a tool for innovation.
  • And they would have a different purpose: In the high-performing countries, the tests exist to hold the students accountable, rather than the teachers.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      This is what I thought would happen when wanting to become a teacher but then I felt that the teachers were criticised if students did not perform. As a senior English teacher this is definitely the prevailing discourse.
  • When a school falls short, instead of looking to fire teachers, the high-performing countries “use the data to decide which schools will receive visits from teams of expert school inspectors. These inspectors are highly regarded educators.”
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      Back to the inspectors, or I would rather say more like advisors who work with teachers improving their craft. I loved the idea of team teaching but a lot of teachers were not open to it, mostly I think due to the fear of being judged but for others it was a control issue too, "no one can teach like I do"mantra, which happens because of a perceived threat to ego that makes individuals more fearful.
  • Tucker envisions the same kind of accountability for teachers as exists for, say, lawyers in a firm — where it is peers holding each other accountable rather than some outside force. People who don’t pull their own weight are asked to leave. The ethos is that people help each other to become better for the good of the firm. Those who successfully rise through the ranks are rewarded with higher pay and status.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      I am wondering whether this only works in private organisations. In public institutions as there is a lack of the profit motif, there is much more of an inclination to remove individuals perceived as a threat to one's status or worldview rather than how they are performing for the company. 
  • Would the teachers’ unions go along with such a scheme? The unions would certainly have to shed some of the things they now have, such as control of work rules.
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      This points illustrates something fundamental - you never hear of lawyer or accountant unions, only teacher unions. Why?
  • fixation with test-based accountability
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      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      There is certainly this happening.
  • every other successful country has
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 01 Sep 14
       
      Is this a blanket statement, or a the grass is greener on the other side of the fence or is it true? 
  • anonymous on 01 Sep 14
     
    There are quite a few of us who are thinking a lot about the future of schooling. What do you think of his recent article?
djplaner

Beyond Assessment - Recognizing Achievement in a Networked World ~ Stephen's Web - 1 views

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ltngl

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  • djplaner on 28 Aug 14
     
    Presentation from Stephen Downes - abstract follows ePortfolios and Open Badges are only the first wave in what will emerge as a wider network-based form of assessment that makes tests and reviews unnecessary. In this talk I discuss work being done in network-based automated competency development and recognition, the challenges it presents to traditional institutions, and the opportunities created for genuinely autonomous open learning.
djplaner

MOOCs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge? - WorldWise - Blogs - The Chronicle of... - 0 views

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global critique

shared by djplaner on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • But I do believe it is important to point out that a powerful emerging educational movement strengthens the currently dominant academic culture, perhaps making it more difficult for alternative voices to be heard.
  • djplaner on 08 Sep 14
     
    One of the critiques of MOOCs that perhaps can be applied to broader ideas of NGL - or at least need to be considered. In particular this links to the under-developed aspect of NGL in this course - global learning.
mari marincowitz

The Pedagogy of Play and the Role of Technology in Learning | Mediashift | PBS - 0 views

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      mari marincowitz on 05 Sep 14
       
      Play, according to Levasseur has become a relevant pedagogical tool for education in the twenty first century as it allows learners to continually redirect their paths through experimentation, pattern recognition and making mistakes.
djplaner

OpenKnowledge Course Info | Stanford Online - 0 views

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  • djplaner on 08 Sep 14
     
    Stanford University open course "OpenKnowledge - Changing the Global Course of Learning".
paul_size

The next generation of learning practices - 0 views

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nglpeople learning education

shared by paul_size on 06 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • paul_size on 06 Aug 14
     
    Hi all, a worthwhile look with some interesting quotes and slides.
djplaner

Home - Quora - 1 views

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communities

shared by djplaner on 16 Jul 14 - Cached
  • djplaner on 16 Jul 14
     
    Quora is one example of using community/networked learning etc to create value/knowledge.
djplaner

An Evolving Map of Design Practice and Design Research - 1 views

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bad set

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  • djplaner on 12 Oct 15
     
    Has a map that outlines design methods. Could perhaps be something in which to place BAD/SET, but also to ponder with respect to teachers and digital technologies.
  • djplaner on 12 Oct 15
     
    An article that develops a map of different design practices. Given that Assignment 2 is based on "design-based research" and that many of your design instruction/learning for a living (or interest) this should be useful. Where do you place your practice on the map? Where does DBR fit? Can DBR fit in multiple places? Do NGL based learning designs have a particular affinity with anywhere in particular on this map? Personally, I don't think any of these approaches is bad. They each have strengths and weaknesses and each can be done poorly, or brilliantly. But I do think that teachers and researchers tend to cluster toward the left-hand side of the map.
thaleia66

The Mindset of the Maker Educator: Presentation Materials - 1 views

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education people learning

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  • thaleia66 on 15 Oct 15
     
    Dr Jackie Gerstein discusses why we are in a perfect storm for maker education and the maker mindset--new skills and roles (many of which you probably already have on your internal desk)--with a...
Trevor Haddock

Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies - 0 views

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Youtube video

shared by Trevor Haddock on 31 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Trevor Haddock on 31 Aug 12
     
    http://www.ted.com At TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.
djplaner

E-learning and Digital Cultures | Coursera - 1 views

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xMooc Highered

shared by djplaner on 02 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • djplaner on 02 Aug 12
     
    A coursera (one of the commercial MOOC providers) course starting next year.  Signed up for it.
laurac75

Taxonomy Circles: Visualizing the possibilities of intended learning outcomes | Simon P... - 1 views

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  • laurac75 on 24 Sep 14
     
    An interesting article aimed more at higher education
muzedujourney

Can Free, High-Quality Education Get You A Job? | MindShift - 1 views

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MOOCS degree education learning

shared by muzedujourney on 13 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • muzedujourney on 13 Aug 14
     
    Article about MOOC's and wether they can level the playing field. Would employers employ someone who had completed certificates for online courses rather than those who had diploma's and degrees from the same institutions.
paul_size

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/stonerm/blogging_to_learn.pdf - 3 views

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blogging

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  • paul_size on 15 Sep 14
     
    There is no doubt that pedagogical practices are being swamped with new technology options. While accessibility to these new technologies and cautious uptake may be slowing integration into teaching strategies, educators in the current market would be wise to consider the following question before embracing the options presented to them: How will this new technology enhance learning in my context?
muzedujourney

What We Miss by Comparing MOOCs to Traditional Classrooms | DMLcentral - 1 views

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mooc connectivism education learning

shared by muzedujourney on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • muzedujourney on 09 Sep 14
     
    An article that looks at MOOC's as an extension to the traditional library rather than the classroom.
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