[tips] The U.S. Education Crisis: Manufactured or Real?
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ABSTRACT: Is the U.S. education crisis
manufactured or real? I give 14 hot-linked
references, ranging from Berliner & Biddle (it's
manufactured) to Steadman (it's real.)
Michael Paul Goldenberg (2007a) in his Math-Teach
post of 20 Mar 2007 titled "Re: A problem," wrote
[bracketed by lines "G. . . .; my inserts at
". . . .[insert]. . . ."; my CAPS; slightly
edited]:
GGG
. . . . . . In any event, on matters of
education, I'm not terribly sanguine about the
other major party. Indeed, I can't recall any
politician making sense about educational policy
in recent years, if ever.
Reading "The Manufactured Crisis" by Berliner and
Biddle . . . .[(1996)]. . .helps make much of
this clear.
For a great review and summary of the above, see
Lawrence Steadman's (1996) piece, "The
Achievement Crisis is Real: A Review of 'The
Manufactured Crisis' "
GGG
Michael has highlighted a hot topic. A Google
search for ("Manufactured Crisis" education) -
with the quotes but not the parentheses -
yielded 41,600 hits as of 22 Mar 2007
16:35:00-0700.
Having sifted through them all ;-) and added a
few more, I should like to recommend [in addition
to Berliner & Biddle (1996) and Steadman (1996)]
the following collection of diverse viewpoints:
Ansary (2007), Bracy (2003), Bransford et al.
(2000), Brown & Brown (2007), COSEPUP (2005),
Donovan & Bransford (2005), EdWeek (2007), Hake
(2000), Holton (1986), NCOE (1983), Peterson
(2003), Schmidt et al. (2001), Valverde et al.
(2002), and Wittmann (2007).
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member: Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy .]
Ansary, T. 2007. "Education at Risk," Edutopia, 7
March, online at
.
The heading reads: "Nearly a quarter century ago,
'A Nation at Risk'. . . .[ NCOE (1983)]. . . . .
hit our schools like a brick dropped from a
penthouse window. One problem: The landmark
document that still shapes our national debate on
education was misquoted, misinterpreted, and
often dead wrong."
Berliner, D.C. and B.J. Biddle. 1996. "The
Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack
on America's Public Schools." Addison-Wesley.
Amazon.com information at
.
Bracy, G.W. 2003. "April Foolishness: The 20th
Anniversary of A Nation at Risk" Phi Delta
Kappan, 1 April, online at
.
Bransford, J.D., A.L. Brown, R.R. Cocking, eds.
2000. "How people learn: brain, mind, experience,
and school." Nat. Acad. Press; online at
.
Brown, A.S. & L.L. Brown. 2007. "What Are Science
& Math Test Scores Really Telling U.S.? The Bent
of Tau Beta Pi, Winter, pp. 13-17, online at
(404 kB).
COSEPUP. 2005. COmmittee on Science, Engineering,
and PUblic Policy, "Rising Above the Gathering
Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a
Brighter Future," National Academies Press;
online at
. The
description reads: "In a world where advanced
knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is
readily available, U.S. advantages in the
marketplace and in science and technology have
begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated
federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S.
competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas.
This congressionally requested report by a
pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations
along with 20 implementation actions that federal
policy-makers should take to create high-quality
jobs and focus new science and technology efforts
on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the
area of clean, affordable energy:
1) INCREASE AMERICA'S TALENT POOL BY VASTLY
IMPROVING K-12 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION;
2) Sustain and strengthen the nation's commitment to long-term basic research;
3) Develop, recruit, and retain top students,
scientists, and engineers from both the U.S. and
abroad; and
4) Ensure that the United States is the premier
place in the world for innovation."
Donovan, S.M. & J.D. Bransford, eds. 2005. "How
Students Learn History, Mathematics, and Science
in the Classroom." Nat. Acad. Press; online at
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[tips] was: top ten psych studies? memory studies
Hey Beth, I had a student who was presenting Loftus' ideas about reconstructed memories. She was using power point. She placed a picture of herself and her brother in front of the Magic Kingdom. She asked how many other students recall seeing Bugs at Disneyland. The hands went-up! Jim Jim Matiya Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association) High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net Need Inverted Goggles or Displacement Goggles? I got 'em! Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ Subject: [tips] Re: top ten psych studies?Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:14:57 -0500From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I am familiar with the study but have not seen the video. Where did you get it? Linda Tollefsrud Professor of Psychology University of Wisconsin - Barron County 1800 College Drive Rice Lake, WI 54868 (715) 234-8176 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:28 PMTo: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)Subject: [tips] Re: top ten psych studies? Elizabeth Loftus's work on memory and "recovered memory"?? I seem to talk about her and show videos of her "lost in a shopping mall" experiment in every course I teach. Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Granite State College New Hampshire ---To make changes to your subscription go to:http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english---To make changes to your subscription go to:http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Cultural Probes
Hi I've moved from Psychology to ICT for the most part and am getting involved in some research which involves the use of Cultural Probes in Human Computer Interaction. I'm wondering if anyone has had experience of the development and application of Cultural Probes and what their experience has been. In particular I'm interested in the problems of creating and applying the probes. For those that are not sure the concept was proposed in Gaver et al 1999 Design, Cultural Probes and reinforced in a 2004 paper on the Value of Uncertainty. A mix of creative activities is presented to participants for them to use and return with the aim (in the original) of helping designers get an understanding of the people and their response to their environment. Cheers David. South Birmingham College UK -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: Give a Toss !
Possibly a nice grant. The discussion inspired me to check my favorite Russian dictionary: �� (onanist - wanker), not to be confused with the verb "��" (drochit'). Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 >>> David Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/22/2007 9:46 AM >>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Allen Esterson went: > Nowadays neither "tosser" nor "wanker" is, strictly speaking, "a > term of abuse for a masturbator", as the words have taken on a life > of their own. As you can imagine it is incredibly difficult to catch > the precise tone for someone who is not used to hearing (reading) > the words in context. The nearest I can get to one common use of the > words is that they describe someone whose opinion is really not > worth having (something like that). Or someone whose behaviour is > socially pitiful (in a non-tragic sense). The American term "jerkoff" seems to have made a similar journey, though I think it connotes a more hostile individual than one who would be called a "tosser" or a "wanker" in the UK. There's a really bad dissertation project somewhere in all this. :) --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: top ten psych studies?
I am familiar with the study but have not seen the video. Where did you get it? Linda Tollefsrud Professor of Psychology University of Wisconsin - Barron County 1800 College Drive Rice Lake, WI 54868 (715) 234-8176 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:28 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: top ten psych studies? Elizabeth Loftus's work on memory and "recovered memory"?? I seem to talk about her and show videos of her "lost in a shopping mall" experiment in every course I teach. Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Granite State College New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] RE: Random Thought: A Quickie on Caring
Talking about missing the point. Reminds me of a woman I went to graduate school with. She was into EST training in a big way. I can't remember what she did but it was something that got me really angry. When I confronted her about what she did and how angry I was all she focused on was how good it was that I was able to express my feelings but wouldn't talk at all about why I was angry. Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-630 -Original Message- From: Louis Schmier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:10 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] RE: Random Thought: A Quickie on Caring Bill, "Concern parenting," what does that mean, what does that entail. It means, or should mean, I'm serving the cares and needs of my child. What are those needs? They certainly aren't mine; they certainly are not the same for any two children in the same family. One size of concerned parenting certainly does fit all children. God, do I know that. So, as a concern parent, I must be empathetic, sympathetic, loving. I'd listen because however a concern parent I may be, I know I don't know it all; I'm not prepared to deal with every situation. If I am a truly concerned parent, I know I can always improve my parenting. I know that parenting is a constant state of adaptation. As a concerned parent, I must be a constant listener, a constant see-er, a constant quester, a constant learner, a constant reflector, a constant examiner. As a concerned parent, I'd know that I don't always get is right and that I must learn from my screw ups and be ready to change my ways. As a concerned parent, I know that parenting isn't about me; it's about my constantly changing child and her or his constantly changing needs which I must know, respect, and serve because they demand constantly changing parenting. It's that communication thing. Concern parenting, than, is a journey, often an adventure into the unknown. It's not a fixed destination. It is not easy, comfortable, convenient, or safe. To paraphrase an age old axiom, perfect parenting is the enemy of good parenting. Inflexibility is no friend of betterment. Or, as George Will so rightly wrote, certainty, especially of the obstinate, unreflective, judgmental variety, usually screws things up, protests to the contrary. No, we may not like the challenge we hear, but we should hear it for the purposes of information, education, elucidation, and affirmation. In fact, we should welcome it and embrace it rather than try to avoid it. We are not, should not, must not be above self-reflection, challenge, question, self-examination, criticism, change, improvement. If we don't or can't or won't, then that is a reflection of and perhaps a revealing of the true nature of our supposed concerned parenting. To quote the Bard, "fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmierwww.therandomthoughts.com Department of History www.newforums.com/L_Schmier.htm Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698/\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/\ /\/\/\ \/\ / \ \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains \ /\ _/\don't practice on mole hills" -/ \ --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=engl ish --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: Give a Toss !
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Allen Esterson went: Nowadays neither "tosser" nor "wanker" is, strictly speaking, "a term of abuse for a masturbator", as the words have taken on a life of their own. As you can imagine it is incredibly difficult to catch the precise tone for someone who is not used to hearing (reading) the words in context. The nearest I can get to one common use of the words is that they describe someone whose opinion is really not worth having (something like that). Or someone whose behaviour is socially pitiful (in a non-tragic sense). The American term "jerkoff" seems to have made a similar journey, though I think it connotes a more hostile individual than one who would be called a "tosser" or a "wanker" in the UK. There's a really bad dissertation project somewhere in all this. :) --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] From the land of Oxford and Cambridge, alas
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sih/page-57 Now see this: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070319/full/446352a.html A degree for wankers and tossers? Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm --- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] RE: Random Thought: A Quickie on Caring
Bill, "Concern parenting," what does that mean, what does that entail. It means, or should mean, I'm serving the cares and needs of my child. What are those needs? They certainly aren't mine; they certainly are not the same for any two children in the same family. One size of concerned parenting certainly does fit all children. God, do I know that. So, as a concern parent, I must be empathetic, sympathetic, loving. I'd listen because however a concern parent I may be, I know I don't know it all; I'm not prepared to deal with every situation. If I am a truly concerned parent, I know I can always improve my parenting. I know that parenting is a constant state of adaptation. As a concerned parent, I must be a constant listener, a constant see-er, a constant quester, a constant learner, a constant reflector, a constant examiner. As a concerned parent, I'd know that I don't always get is right and that I must learn from my screw ups and be ready to change my ways. As a concerned parent, I know that parenting isn't about me; it's about my constantly changing child and her or his constantly changing needs which I must know, respect, and serve because they demand constantly changing parenting. It's that communication thing. Concern parenting, than, is a journey, often an adventure into the unknown. It's not a fixed destination. It is not easy, comfortable, convenient, or safe. To paraphrase an age old axiom, perfect parenting is the enemy of good parenting. Inflexibility is no friend of betterment. Or, as George Will so rightly wrote, certainty, especially of the obstinate, unreflective, judgmental variety, usually screws things up, protests to the contrary. No, we may not like the challenge we hear, but we should hear it for the purposes of information, education, elucidation, and affirmation. In fact, we should welcome it and embrace it rather than try to avoid it. We are not, should not, must not be above self-reflection, challenge, question, self-examination, criticism, change, improvement. If we don't or can't or won't, then that is a reflection of and perhaps a revealing of the true nature of our supposed concerned parenting. To quote the Bard, "fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmierwww.therandomthoughts.com Department of History www.newforums.com/L_Schmier.htm Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698/\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/\ /\/\/\ \/\ / \ \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains \ /\ _/\don't practice on mole hills" -/ \ --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: Give a Toss !
On 22 March 2007 Stephen Black wrote: >I'm not sure what Karl is alluding to here, but I certainly missed >another meaning for "tosser". When I checked, I learned that "toss off" >is British slang for masturbation and "tosser" is "a term of abuse for a >masturbator" [see: wanker]. Isn't TIPS educational? There is, of course, an immense problem in 'translating' colloquial expressions for a 'foreign' culture. It is one thing to 'explain' the term, and sometimes quite another to appreciate how it is actually used currently. Nowadays neither "tosser" nor "wanker" is, strictly speaking, "a term of abuse for a masturbator", as the words have taken on a life of their own. As you can imagine it is incredibly difficult to catch the precise tone for someone who is not used to hearing (reading) the words in context. The nearest I can get to one common use of the words is that they describe someone whose opinion is really not worth having (something like that). Or someone whose behaviour is socially pitiful (in a non-tragic sense). Allen E. --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
