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ReplyDeleteEDU 202 / 203 -- MWSU -- Spring 2010 -- Dr. Hendrix
Assignment: Chpt. 12; Due: Monday, March 22, 2010
1. Is it not ethical to state that the same way a teacher shouldn’t teach for the money, a student should not learn for the grade but rather the knowledge and education s/he is to gain from it? Has the emphasis on the grading system been the one of the largest downfalls in American education? How would you, my reader, reform and restructure the battle between ‘education for the knowledge - v. – grading/assessment for the placement’? (Txtbk. Chpt. 12)
2. “Teach to a student and not to a test.” -Erin Gruwell, Teacher and Co-Author of The Freedom Writer’s Diary (Txtbk. p. 395, Chpt. 12)
3. In the past, teachers were often encouraged to focus first on raising students’ self-esteem through positive reinforcement and gentle coaching. In a high-standards environment, self-esteem is seen as the direct by-product of student achievement. (Txtbk. p. 394, Chpt.12)
Chapter 12
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What do policymakers believe that student achievement will not do?
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"We must put knowledge directly in the hands of teachers and seek accountability that will focus attention on "doing the right things" instead of "Doing things right." Linda Darling Hammond
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Constructivist principles stress the importance of learners taking an active role in creating their own new knowledge pg 398
Question: what is the most important thing that schools should reform?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Ideas move fast when their time comes." - Carolyn Heilbrun
Fact: Teachers are crucial in reforming education.
"Teach to a student and not to a test." erin Gruwell
ReplyDeleteAccording to a survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, 64 percent of all public schools and 83 percent of all public high schools organize some form of community service for their students.
Do you think there should be a national standard for all students?
Forty-five states require aspiring teachers to pass a state-prescribed, standardized test before entering a teacher education program and/or before being licensed to teach.
ReplyDelete"Teach to a student and not to a test". -Erin Gruwell
Do our schools need reformed?
Question: Is NCLB successfully closing the "achievement gap" between students or is it only benefiting the students who perform well in school and leaving behind the students who perform poorly?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Ideas move fast when their time comes."
- Carolyn Heilbrun
Fact: Magnet schools were once limited to a few large cities, but today they number more than 4,000 elementary and secondary schools and help more than 2 million students.
Question: what do you believe are the most compelling reasons to reform U.S. schools?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Teach to a student and not to a test."
-Erin Gruwell
Fact: Almost all states require local public school districts to test students at one or more points between grades one and twelve.
Why aren't graduation requirements the same for all states? Do you think they should be?
ReplyDelete"Teach to a student and not to a test." -Erin Gruwell, Teacher and Co-Author of The Freedom Writer's Diary
In the late 1980's, beginning teachers earned $12,000 to $13,000. By 2007, the national average for beginning teachers was almost $32,500.
Question: Does any one type of school (home, charter, publi, etc.,)offer a better education that the others?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. -Helen Keller
Fact: The US Department of Education estimates that approximately 1,100,000 children are home-schooled in this country.
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ReplyDeleteFormal education is the playing field on which society view ocer values.
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Teachers are the crucial element in education reform.
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What is excellence? If so any states have it, and so many students achieved it, shouldn't we strive for something better?
- How accountable should the teacher be held due to students test scores?
ReplyDelete-45 states require aspiring teachers to pass a state-prescribe standardized test before entering a teacher education program and/or before being licensed to teach.
-"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." -Abraham Lincoln pg 402
Question: With all the options being presented to reform education in America, How can we determine which choice is best? What choices would benefit the students the most?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Teach to a student and not to a test. Erin Gruwell pg. 395
Fact: forty-five states require aspiring teachers to pass a state-prescribed, standardized test before entering a teacher education program and/or before being licensed to teach.
Question: Should standardized tests be the #1 way of evaluating student performance?
ReplyDeleteFact: In 1982 the average teacher salary was $12,000. In 2007 it is more than $32,000.
Quote: "All politics are local"
Question: 3 motivations for reform are: the development of a democratic citizen, the good worker, and the good person. Would it be more critical of our society to have people that balanced all three of these traits? or several people that all had different ones?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Teach to a student and not to a test." - Erin Gruwell
Fact: Authentic assessment is a recent trend in student evaluation that attempts to measure real student performance on significant tasks.
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ReplyDelete"Teach to a student and not to a test."
-Erin Gruwell
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How could our community reform our local school district in a way that diminishes "No Child Left Behind" but still helps every student reach his/her full academic capacity?
Quote: Formal education is the playing field on which society vies over values. - Theodore Sizer
ReplyDeleteFact: The passage of NCLB was accompanied by a 40 percent increase in the federal contribution to K-12 education. This was the larges dollar increase ever in federal education aid, amounting to additional funding of more than $6.7 billion dollar for fiscal year 2002.
Question: Why do you think that one of the most important roles in society (teaching) is paid so poorly?
Quote: Formal education is the playing field on which society view over values.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: It is undeniable that there are teachers that are more skilled in their profession than others. However, virtually all educators seem to agree that standardized testing does not reveal these teachers. How then can effective teachers be measured? If they can be, should they recieve bonuses such as extra pay?
Fact: No Child Left Behind was accompanied by a 40 percent increase in federal contribution to K-12 education.
Quote: "Ideas move fast when their time comes."
ReplyDeleteFact: Teachers are now averaging over $32,000 a year.
Question: Should teachers be paid according to their subject difficulty?
- How do you figure out what each teacher should be paid?
ReplyDelete- "teach to a student and not to a test."
- 45 states require aspiring teachers to pass a state-prescribed, standardized test before entering a teacher education program and/or before being licensed to teach.
Question: Do you think that community inolvement is important for the success of schools?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Teach to a student and not to a test."- Erin Gruwell p. 395
Fact: 45 states require students to pass a state-prescribed tst before entering a teacher education program. p. 391
Quote:"Character cannnot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of triasl and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."-Helen Keller
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What are the reasons to reform U.S. schools?
Fact:The passage of NCLB is the largest dollar increase ever on federal education aid.