my kid's english teacher can barely read. abby has to explain what words mean to her as she has a very limited vocabulary. this teacher is bad tempered and loses student's tests, then gives them a zero as a grade when she can't find a test. the school administration bends over backwards to protect her against any criticism.
i think the problems are A LOT bigger that whether she is a contructivist or a behaviorist. in fact, i think talk of which a teacher is really distracts from much of what the problem really is. cliches just cover for a lack of core competence in many public school teachers On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > I would also add that Contructivism is the flavor of the month for now. > This is the experiential style of learning promoted by Montessori, Piaget > and Dewey. > > Just like the stock market, the pendulum will swing in the other direction > in the future and Behaviorism (B.F. Skinner, Itard, etc.) will come back > into vogue, no doubt. > > Dan > > On Dec 22, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > > > It's by no means "touchy-feely" any more. It's all data driven. I see > kindergarten teachers with 3" binders full of data they have collected on > individual students. It's all about the data now. > > > > Dan > > > > > > On Dec 22, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > > > >> Dieselhead wrote: > >>> But the prior post about "the 'merkuns didn't want to know.." or > something > >>> to that effect is not true. FDR installed Deming to make the 'merkun > war > >>> production hum. > >> > >> Loss of Deming/SPC methods seems evident in the education arena. > Correct? > >> It seems that everything has turned touchy feely instead of discreet > >> quantitative. Everything. > >> It can all be summarized as religion. We live under totalitarian > >> religious-industrial-complex. > >> Don't say God. > >> mao > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
