Monday, January 10, 2011

EDU 202 Spring 2011 Ch. 6 Posts

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  1. Brandon InmanFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Question: How do we, as educators, decide on a curriculum that is best for every student in the classroom?

    Fact: China, India, and Singapore have national standards for the English language as well as their native languages.

    Quote: "How teachers of different races interact in the lunchroom and in curriculum planning meetings, how the school sorts its students, and if the building feels welcoming are all part of building a multicultural school culture" (189).

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  2. codyFebruary 14, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Chapter 6 and the information on Curriculum was interesting but it actually left me with more questions than answers.
    The question I came up with the most is "Where do they test all of these books and tests before they mass publish a book and sets of study guides?"
    The fact that I found was most interesting was that Goals 2000 was a colossal joke. Not one of the goals that was put in place was achieved. So much for putting faith in our elected officials.
    Finally the quote that I enjoyed in this chapter was from the report titled "A Nation at Risk". The report says that our education system is "a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." I was happy to hear that this actually caught many people off guard , enough so that many people turned their heads to make even a small difference.

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  3. Ryan ShroyerFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Question: Is standardized helpful or hurtful to education? Does it help students learn, or teach students what is on that test and how to take it?

    Quote: "Teaching is complex and the various kinds of knowledge about teaching, learning, and subject matter are interdependent... And a teacher has not taught if no one learns." (196) This quote is straight up and to the point. It tells how teaching requires many skills which combine.

    Fact: "47 million American Adults are functionally illiterate." (192) That statistic does not surprise me, but it is overwhelming.

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  4. Aimee WhitesellFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    In the preceding chapters, all I have heard is how people learn different, and how we must adjust and adapt to our environment and now in Chapter 6 it is telling us that the government is trying to make us follow a strict curriculum in which we teach all students the way, and at the same speed. I do not think this is right. I think we need to have a flexible curriculum in which we can adjust and adapt to what we think is best. What will the objective be if we have a strict curriculum?

    “’ Starting at kindergarten, so much as changed. It used to be more about the basics- knowing their letters, counting, etc. What we teach kids now in kindergarten used to be taught in first grade. The expectations are for younger and younger kids to learn more and more.’” I know they are trying to compete with other countries, but how do you think this will affect the students? Do you think they are going to fast?

    I found it interesting how there were four different groups of people that have different ideas on curriculum. I think I would be a humanist.

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  5. Carrie Stewart JensenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Question: Pg 191. Why is there such fierce debate over the history of the US and what should be taught concerning this subject?
    Quote: Pg 183. Almost any curricular decision that can be made, by a state or federeal agency or an individual teacher, is bound to elicit praise from some and hostility from others.
    Fact: Pg 191. Principles and standards for school mathematics unlike Goal 2000 were clear and specific on what US students should know about math.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Question: On page 191 it states that China, India, and Singapore have national standards for the English language as well as their native languages. America is already falling behind other countries like China for example so, should we be requiring our students to speak a foreign language as well as English (Spanish for example)?

    Quote: “Starting at Kindergarten, so much has changed. It used to be more about the basics, knowing their letters, counting, etc. What we teach kids now in kindergarten used to be taught in first grade. The expectations are for younger and younger kids to learn more and more.” (pg 192)

    Fact: The first African American main characters (in books) didn’t appear until 1965 in Now we Read. The series was discontinued in 1970.

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  7. Amber LiebhartFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Quote: "In a society driven by social tensions and by increasingly larger inequalities, schools will no be immune from-and in fact may participate in recreating-these inequalities. If this true of education in general, it is equally true of attempts to reform it"(195).

    Fact: China, India, and Singapore have national standards for the English language, as well as their native languages.

    Question: Out of the four approaches to curriculum, which one is the most common?

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  8. UnknownFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    Question-Do the standards address what students need to know?
    Fact-China, India and Singapore have national standards for the English language, as well as their native languages
    Quote-"Debates over what is basic to the curriculum are also debates over identity." William Pinar

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  9. CassieFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Question-What should students learn?
    Quote-"the mission of our schools is to provide all students with a high quality education that enables them to be contributing members of a multiethnic, multicultural, pluralistic society. We seek to create an environment that achieves equity for all students and ensures that each student is a successful learner, is fully respected and learns to respect others." pg 190
    Fact-Rethinking Schools- I didn't know this was out there but its seems like it is a great idea and source for teachers and I hope it continues to grow.

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  10. Jessica MonahanFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Question: What steps need to be taken to create a more broad curriculum with more art and health focuses?

    Fact: There are 47 million American adults that are functionally illiterate

    Quote: "Multicultural education is a continuing process because the idealized goals it tries to actualize...can never be fully achieved in human society." -James Banks

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  11. Mitch GigerFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Question: Will the school provide us with most of the curriculum to be taught?

    Quote: Multicultural education cannot be understood in a vaccum but rather must be seen in its personal, social, historical, and political context.

    Fact: 47 million American adults in America are functionally illiterate.

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  12. Delicia.eloisFebruary 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Question:

    as the book said and i really want to know the answer... How do we know how much knoweldge a child has obtained? because not all children test well..

    Quote:

    "Teachers must always be on the lookout for the hidden curriculum they and other teachers and school leaders are teaching to the students at the same time they are thoughtfully and carefully teaching the subject matter and the skills that are part of the schools formal curriculum" (184).

    Fact:

    Our goal for 2000 was to be number one in math and science. today we are number 24 in math and number 17 in science (192)

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  13. Jordann BarronFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Question: Do we really want them (students) to “respect and accept” the “values, beliefs, and attitudes” of other people no matter what they are?

    Quote: “I could teach this piece of knowledge from six different perspectives, it’s just a matter of deciding what to pick from my particular group of students within the time frame.”

    Fact: The different types of curriculum are what I found interesting. Planned curriculum is the curriculum that is set for a certain type of classroom setting for a certain time. Then enacted curriculum is what really happens during that time of teaching the curriculum.

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  14. Michael JacobsFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Question: There are 4 different groups that have opionions on which cirriculum should be used...Will we always have debates on which one to use since there are 4 different beliefs?

    Fact: China, India, and Singapore have national standards for the English language, as well as their native languages.

    Quote: Larry Cuban "The official curriculum (what subject, skills, and values authorities expect teachers to teach) and the taught curriculum (what teachers believe about content and its presentation and what they actually do)." P.184

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  15. Chris AndersonFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Quote: I attempt to see every lesson though the lens of my students. As I write the curriculum I'm percieving the lessons though the eyes of a 4th grader.

    Fact: Project based learning is a neat idea that I can still remember lessons from my elementary school days.

    Question: Can studetns succeed if their mission is to "provide all students with a high quality education" Is this standard too high?

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  16. Mary ThompsonFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Do you think the U.S. should have a national curriculum?

    A choose a quote from A Nation at Risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world…”

    I found some interesting facts from goals 2000 that demonstrated how we have reached any of our goals we set by the year 2000.
    • 2000 – 90% high school graduation rate
    Today – 71% graduation rate
    • 2000 - #1 in math and science
    Today - #24 in math, #17 in science
    • 2000 – Every adult in America literate
    Today – 47 million adults are illiterate

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  17. jakeFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Question: Just because we have to teach what they say, does that mean we all have to teach it the same way?

    Quote: “I could teach this piece of knowledge from six different perspectives. It’s just a matter of deciding what to pick for my particular group of students within the time frame.”

    Fact: China, India, and Singapore have standards for the English language, as well as their native languages.

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  18. Carrie Stewart JensenFebruary 19, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Carrie Stewart Jensen posted the blog dated 2-15-11 at 7:14

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  19. devils24February 21, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Question: As a new teacher, will I take a teaching position that allows me freedom to teach or will I take the first position available to me?
    Quote: Schools will not be immune from, and in fact may participate in recreating social inequalities. If this is true of education in general, it is equally true of attempts to reform it.
    Fact: China, India, and Singapore have national standards for english, as well as the native language.

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  20. Kimberly DavisFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    My question just happens to be in the apple on page 188, but I have been asking this in my mind in one form or another while reading this information. "Does multicultural education undermine a sense of national identity for American students?" Educational historian Jonathan Zimmerman answers this to a degree in his quote, "At stake was the nation's definition of itself." And I appreciate the fact that Arthur Schlesinger brought up in his reading segment at the end of the chapter. "There remains, however, a crucial difference between the Western tradition and the others. The crimes of the West have produced their own antidotes. They have provoked great movements to end slavery, to raise the status of women, to abolish torture, to combat racism, to defend freedom of inquiry and expression, to advance personal liberty and human rights.

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  21. KatelynnFebruary 26, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    Chapter 6 makes me really nervous about curriculum in general. It raises so many questions for me: How will I know if my lesson plans are well written? Am I covering everything I should be? I am especially worried about hidden curriculum. I never knew anything about hidden curriculum until I read this chapter. I realized that there was a lot of hidden curriculum at my high school. I also think it is important to teach multicultural education in America’s school. Incorporating multicultural education into curriculum will help students learn about the diversity surrounding them.
    Question: What is the best way to be aware of and avoid hidden curriculum?
    Quote: James Banks says, “Multicultural education is a continuing process because the idealized goals it tries to actualize – such as educational equality and the eradication of all forms of discrimination – can never be fully achieved in human society.” (189)
    Fact: It was hard for me to believe that teachers call on boys much more often than they call on girls, and much more than they think they differentiate. (184)

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  22. UnknownFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    ?: Does multicultural education undermine a sense of national identity for American students?
    quote: "We're hearing that social studies is almost disappearing in the elementary schools." Susan Griffin
    fact: China, India, and Singapore have national standards for the English language as well as their native languages.

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  23. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Quote:"In a society driven by social tension and by increasingly larger inequalities, schools will not be immune from-and in fact may participate in recreating- these inequalities. If this is true of educatin in general, it is equally true of attempts to reform it."
    Fact:The NCTM (national council of teachers of mathematics)standards were the first discipline- specific standards for the schools, and they provide a solid foundation for the standard movement.
    Question:Do we have to follow the curriculum that the school gives us, or can we drift away from it some?

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