Comments on: Your Inner Grandfather http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Redkudu http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-95357 Redkudu Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:20:40 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-95357 >> things like presenting your math class using interpretive dance (for the teacher) >> things like presenting your math class using interpretive dance (for the teacher)

]]> By: Better Than Giant Puppet Heads! — Right Wing Nation http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94622 Better Than Giant Puppet Heads! — Right Wing Nation Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:04:11 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94622 [...] Oh, those silly moonbats! What will they think up next? No doubt their teachers nurtured their creative juices! [...] […] Oh, those silly moonbats! What will they think up next? No doubt their teachers nurtured their creative juices! […]

]]> By: instructivist http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94503 instructivist Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:54:12 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94503 [Didn’t they teach you about curricula at your ed school?] No! I went through ed school and there was no hint of curricula. Even a course labeled curriculum something or other made no reference to any specific content to be taught in any subject area. Ed schools are profoundly anti-knowledge. There is logic to that. Ed school ideology does not believe in a body of knowledge to be imparted. How can it, if students are to contruct their own knowledge? [Didn’t they teach you about curricula at your ed school?]

No!

I went through ed school and there was no hint of curricula. Even a course labeled curriculum something or other made no reference to any specific content to be taught in any subject area.

Ed schools are profoundly anti-knowledge. There is logic to that. Ed school ideology does not believe in a body of knowledge to be imparted. How can it, if students are to contruct their own knowledge?

]]> By: Gregg Fraley http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94301 Gregg Fraley Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:30 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94301 Teacher creativity may be over-rated, but from my personal experience, it is also quite rare. The handful of memorable and good teachers I've had over the years were both content experts and creative in how they presented it. Creativity is well defined actually. It means "novelty that's useful." So a teacher that does silly exercises that have no teaching point is not being creative -- because they are not doing something that is useful in educating. Creativity is a fundamental to problem solving, decision making, And self-expression, so, if it's just for art class, we all really miss a big opportunity. Teacher creativity may be over-rated, but from my personal experience, it is also quite rare. The handful of memorable and good teachers I’ve had over the years were both content experts and creative in how they presented it.

Creativity is well defined actually. It means “novelty that’s useful.”

So a teacher that does silly exercises that have no teaching point is not being creative — because they are not doing something that is useful in educating.

Creativity is a fundamental to problem solving, decision making, And self-expression, so, if it’s just for art class, we all really miss a big opportunity.

]]> By: Exo http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94258 Exo Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:28:40 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2007/12/25/your-inner-grandfather/#comment-94258 How true! Content is lost in creativity and authentic assessment/portfolios... Students are expected to "learn from each other". Well, does you classmate have a PhD in Biology? MS? BS? No? What the heck can you learn from your peer in Biology classroom then? And this is truly outrageous and ridiculous that it's so difficult to decide WHAT students have to learn in a particular course! No wonder we spend so much time in "socializing" and "fun activities"... Obviously, there is NOTHING to teach during 12 years of grade school... How true!
Content is lost in creativity and authentic assessment/portfolios…
Students are expected to “learn from each other”. Well, does you classmate have a PhD in Biology? MS? BS? No? What the heck can you learn from your peer in Biology classroom then?
And this is truly outrageous and ridiculous that it’s so difficult to decide WHAT students have to learn in a particular course! No wonder we spend so much time in “socializing” and “fun activities”… Obviously, there is NOTHING to teach during 12 years of grade school…

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