Tag Archive | "21st Century Education"
Education Reformers: Four Key Questions
Questions being ignored or inadequately addressed by the current business and industry-driven education reform effort: 1. Market forces in general, and merit pay in particular, are being promoted by leaders of business and industry as keys to improved school performance. In highly effective schools and school systems, educators see themselves as members of a team [...]
Continue reading...Creative Intelligence: Genius Redefined
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sir Ken Robinson spent a considerable amount of time at Monday’s ASCD’s Annual Conference General Session talking about Elvis (did anyone else realize The King wasn’t allowed in Glee Club?!), but his vision for the future was, by no means, lost in the past. With the deftness of an experienced presenter confident with his subject [...]
Continue reading...50 Questions About Technology in Education
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Found this post on a wikispace managed by Kevin W. Riley (whose blog, El Milagro Weblog, explains the context). The teachers ask compelling questions, questions that illuminate the thoughts, feelings, and musings of many educators when they think about technology and 21st Century Education. These are precisely the sort of questions, generated by teachers, that can help [...]
Continue reading...20th Century Thoughts on the 21st Century
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Just came across this article by Arthur J. Lewis (published in Education Leadership in 1983) on the ASCD Inservice Blog and thought it was rather insightful. Worth looking at.
Continue reading...American Education: National Shame?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I think that Nicholas Kristof makes a number of sound points in his February 15, 2009 op-ed in the NYTimes. However, I’m not sure our failures to adapt our education system to the changing dynamics of the globe amount to it being our “Greatest National Shame”. I do believe, though, that we stand to make the biggest [...]
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