Years ago when I taught kindergarten. I had one young lady who would not talk.
But I could see her brain working when we talked about things. She would smile
or look up or light up. I just knew something was going on. She would perform
simple task witht eh rest of the clas just would not tal
Another thing that bothers me so much is that children are not "parts"
which run down an assembly line in the same way at the same speed, and, you
know what, teaching isn't always "efficient." How many times have you seen
a child make no apparent progress in, say, identifying the names of the
lett
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Hear, hear! I so agree! The blind leading the sightedlove that
quote! =)
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Beverlee paul wrote:
> In relation to my earlier comment about, basically, "we know better, why
> aren't we doing better?" :
>
> Embedded in our frustrations about educational decision
In relation to my earlier comment about, basically, "we know better, why aren't
we doing better?" :
Embedded in our frustrations about educational decisions being made by
knuckleheads, is the most ironic misrepresentations of a word ever--RIGOR! As
much as I try to talk myself into a more produ
Aah, Pat, isn't that the hardest? We DO know what it takes and are ready,
willing, and able to do that. Our library para, a brilliant woman, said it best
when we were talking about non-educators making all the decisions. She said,
"Isn't it a lot like the blind leading the sighted?!!" Indeed
I wonder are there other people in this group who remember the activism of
those days. Looking back at a few articles that helped to develop our view of
what was necessary for Early Childhood Education makes me wonder how we have
gone so wrong. For the past 13 years, before retirement this yea
Patricia, I truly miss the grassroots activism that gave us so much hope in
those days. It is only because of wonderful students like Ruth that I have hope
for the future. Mena
Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D.
Florida Atlantic University
Dept. of Teaching and Learning
College of Educ
I agree as I said I ran an EC program on a college campus. We had a mixture of
students and college professors and administrators children. People with money
were in no hurrying to pressure their children to learn to read. Our program
was rich in literacy and all of our children started reading
