Comments on: It is the test! Or is it . . .

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:58:06 +0000

I have many things to think about after reading this blog…the phrase “unconstrained learning” jumps out at me right from the start. As a reading specialist for K, 1st, and 2nd grade, I am in and out of classrooms on a daily basis, and I see hints of constrained learning as early as kindergarten. I think kindergarten has become much more academic in nature rather than the social learning environment of years’ past. Is this early focus on academics due to “teaching to the test” in later grades? I definitely see the connection! As this post says, “We can be in control of the issue, if we step up and make our voices heard.” I intend to applyfor a kindergarten position in my school at the end of this school year and foster and “unconstrained learning environment.”

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By: steveshann

steveshann — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:12:05 +0000

Bravo! We in Australia aren’t yet in the same testing boat as you are, but the conditions are similar; fragmented de-contextualised learning, short-term quantifiable goals.