Monday, October 17, 2011

Twitter Book Club: Seymour Sarason (2004) And What Do You Mean by Learning? - Chapter 10

Chapter Ten:
What Do Administrators Know About Contexts of Learning?

"The sad diagnostic fact is that teachers and parents do not expect such personal reinforcement for the same reason... http://t.co/OqDEeVU 48 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"The spirit and letter of the reverse engineering process are absent in school systems. Reverse engineering is an alien concept." Sarason 48 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"the higher up in the administrative hierarchy you go, the less the administrators have direct knowledge of classrooms and schools" Sarason 48 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"you need to know more than what a test score can give you, and if you take that seriously, it opens up new vistas ... http://t.co/84uzNAj 48 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"what passed for leadership was in reality a collection of bureaucrats who were essentially uncreative managers, no... http://t.co/VUboFVb 48 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"In the case of schooling there is not and has not been consensus about what the product is or should be." Sarason 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"although school administrators may have little or no direct knowledge of what goes on in classrooms, it is not at ... http://t.co/mmL0cmz 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"school policies and mission statements say next to nothing about learning and teaching." Sarason 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"many school administrators have little or no direct experience, and as you go up the administrative hierarchy the ... http://t.co/R0kEbaS 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"If that relationship is one in which the players do not feel safe to put their cards out on the table, it is an ef... http://t.co/vgTiYEN 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"Although [administrators] job descriptions emphasize leadership qualities and responsibilities, in reality they ha... http://t.co/Pz09NVP 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto



"Why is it we have never heard any groups say we need better-qualified administrator-leaders?" Sarason 47 days ago via Twittelator · powered by @socialditto

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