Nicely put, John Stoffel. While explaining why iPads and such - TopicsExpress



          

Nicely put, John Stoffel. While explaining why iPads and such will *not* revolutionize teaching, two statements near the end of this video illustrate why standards-based education and standardized testing are destroying our educational system. The fundamental role of a teacher is not to deliver information. It is to guide the social process of learning. The job of a teacher is to inspire, to challenge, to excite their students to want to learn. The most important thing a teacher does is make every student feel like they are important. (Teacher evaluations in Indiana have this perfectly backwards.) What really matters is what happens inside the learners head. This is best achieved in a social environment with other learners and a caring teacher. (Current reform and practice is all about delivering scripted curriculum with little room for students to construct their own meaning.)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:30:40 +0000

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