Basleria

September 2011

4 posts

“Education is about making people think. It’s about interesting people in a topic. It’s about engaging them so that they will pursue it for the rest of their lives. Now I’m speaking to this kind of mythical parent here, but if you just want them to know the stuff – yeah, sure, they’ll know it for the test tomorrow. But you’ll not be leaving them with the legacy, or enduring interest and love of a subject. And do you want your kid to be someone who’s stimulated, engaged and interested in school? Or do you want them to be someone who regards [school] as a boring place where all they have to do is get a lot of information shoved down their throat, regurgitate and forget it the next day?” —Jonathan Osborne, Framing a New Vision for Science Education

Sep 26, 20118 notes

#reform #science

“I hear too often that educators want to harness the technology, but I think that’s a little backward. The conversation should be about what it is we want to accomplish—what do we want students to learn? When we have that, then we can talk about what technology is best to help us meet those goals.” —21st-Century Learner

Sep 11, 20117 notes

#tech #eduweb #reform

“Learning environments aren’t revolutionized by installing a few cool gadgets here and there. Far more important is the educator’s role in employing today’s technologies to make material accessible and engaging—in other words, encouraging students to create, communicate, and collaborate in ways never before possible.” —21st-Century Learner

Sep 11, 201110 notes

#reform #eduweb

“For whatever it’s worth, the three policy measures that are currently receiving virtually all the attention in the U.S. — charter schools, removing tenure protections, and tying teacher pay and evaluation to test scores — all fly directly in the face of the Finnish system.” —West Virginia learns Finland’s ‘most honorable profession’: Teacher

Sep 1, 20117 notes

#teacher #reform