Twitter Book Club: @alfiekohn (2004) What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated? - Five:16

Five: School Reform and the Study of Education
16. Education's Rotten Apples

"when practices that might be called, for lack of better labels, progressive and traditional are used at the same t... http://tl.gd/9t3emuless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The reason for cooperative learning, students infer, is to defeat another bunch of students learning together. Coo... http://tl.gd/9t3kgcless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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I think teachers often set this up as well. Every time a teacher tries to motivate students by making some kind of learning activity into a game this happens. Every time the products of their group's learning are compared and jurried this happens. Whenever any kind of praise is given to groups for their "good work" this happens.

"Even when the assessment is performance-based, teaching to the test is (a) possible, (b) undesirable, and (c) done... http://tl.gd/9t3ps8less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The current accountability fad—which was launched for political, not educational, reasons—inexorably dumbs down as... http://tl.gd/9t3roeless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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