http://constructingmeaning.com/2009/12/01/dan-brown-the-achilles-heel-of-education-reform-is-slashed-by-michael-bloomberg/ ~ rethinking school back to relevance ~ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://constructingmeaning.com/2009/12/01/dan-brown-the-achilles-heel-of-education-reform-is-slashed-by-michael-bloomberg/#comment-666 Terry Smith Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:25:59 +0000 http://akamrt.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/dan-brown-the-achilles-heel-of-education-reform-is-slashed-by-michael-bloomberg/#comment-666 Indeed. There has been no change with Obama, as much as I respect him as a thinker. The mindset continues,one of a former time. Push harder and offer monetary and rewards and things will get better...hmmm, sounds like good old capitalism. But folks, we're talking about students, people, not auto parts. This plan is no plan. It is old time thinking and has nothing to do with learning - when will someone in power ask the question: How does real learning occur? Is it by force or temptation? No, it is by choice and attraction, just like in everyday life. Think of a life long concept or a memory you have of being with your grandfather for example - why do you remember that moment? Shouldn't we be thinking about how to approximate school situations where things have real meaning? Learning experiences are about building something, or examining something for real in the presence of someone who knows what he or she is talking about. Not just being with a warm body in the classroom doing mindless drills and "racing to the top." Indeed. There has been no change with Obama, as much as I respect him as a thinker. The mindset continues,one of a former time. Push harder and offer monetary and rewards and things will get better…hmmm, sounds like good old capitalism. But folks, we’re talking about students, people, not auto parts. This plan is no plan. It is old time thinking and has nothing to do with learning – when will someone in power ask the question: How does real learning occur? Is it by force or temptation? No, it is by choice and attraction, just like in everyday life. Think of a life long concept or a memory you have of being with your grandfather for example – why do you remember that moment? Shouldn’t we be thinking about how to approximate school situations where things have real meaning? Learning experiences are about building something, or examining something for real in the presence of someone who knows what he or she is talking about. Not just being with a warm body in the classroom doing mindless drills and “racing to the top.”

]]> http://constructingmeaning.com/2009/12/01/dan-brown-the-achilles-heel-of-education-reform-is-slashed-by-michael-bloomberg/#comment-653 KFC and McDonalds Reinvent Themselves – Why Not Our Schools? » Moving at the Speed of Creativity Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:19:54 +0000 http://akamrt.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/dan-brown-the-achilles-heel-of-education-reform-is-slashed-by-michael-bloomberg/#comment-653 [...] share the frustration of many others at the complete LACK of change we’ve seen in U.S. educational policy under the leadership of [...] [...] share the frustration of many others at the complete LACK of change we’ve seen in U.S. educational policy under the leadership of [...]

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