JVS
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:24 PM
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Poll question: Poll on DU pedagogy. |
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Elementary school is about _______
And please feel free to explain why.
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:26 PM
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If you don't build the foundation correctly then it really doesn't matter what you build on top of it.
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:30 PM
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2. This sums up the mess No Child Left Behind has created... |
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:30 PM
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School, like life, is a journey- not a destination.
Similarly, elementary school should be about development, achievement is secondary.
However, in practice in traditional schools, achievement is what's more easily measured by standardized means so our priorities have gone backwards.
But we all know how it ought to be, evidenced by the poll results (at least early on).
Good topic.
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:34 PM
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4. Development manifested by achievement? |
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Fri Jun-10-11 11:37 PM
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5. But the achievements of even bright elementary students usually suck compared to adults. |
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Look at the kind of stuff they make in art class. If we cared about achievement wouldn't we give those art supplies to more capable hands?
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Sat Jun-11-11 12:54 AM
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6. The word "acheivement" is now a synonym |
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for a test score. A test that is only multiple choice, fill in the bubble. No writing required.
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:00 AM
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7. I voted for deveolpment |
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But I think of development as an achievement itself. Achievement without development just sounds like some corporate thing, where you hit pre-determined marks over and over without getting any smarter or better at something.
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:16 AM
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Sat Jun-11-11 01:17 AM
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9. Where's the option for "indoctrination"? |
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Sat Jun-11-11 08:24 AM
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10. They used to groom us for a work day... |
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but...well...what's the point of that these days?
Yikes.
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