Sunday, February 20, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Merit Pay in Texas, Perry's proposal
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Education: "Would the promise of an extra $5,000 a year spur teachers to get more out of their students on testing day"
This being the most important thing, right? Wrong! What we need is for the "real teachers, please stand up!" (thoms). This is key here, why don't people get this?
"the way to encourage strong teachers is to reward their work." True...but how we judge good teaching is very subjective if we are not basing it on test scores. If we do base it on test scores, then how do we know that the teachers aren't teaching to the test, rather than, as Parker PAlmer says, really teaching and making the subject come alive? That is the goal.
see article for places it didn't work.
This being the most important thing, right? Wrong! What we need is for the "real teachers, please stand up!" (thoms). This is key here, why don't people get this?
"the way to encourage strong teachers is to reward their work." True...but how we judge good teaching is very subjective if we are not basing it on test scores. If we do base it on test scores, then how do we know that the teachers aren't teaching to the test, rather than, as Parker PAlmer says, really teaching and making the subject come alive? That is the goal.
see article for places it didn't work.
Decoding Why Few Girls Choose Science, Math
Decoding Why Few Girls Choose Science, Math (washingtonpost.com):
"Teachers and scientists say that there are greater differences in learning styles within each sex than there are between the sexes and that any school or teacher that doesn't approach students as individuals is missing the mark. "
This topic relates nicely to the recent comment by Harvard Pres. Summers about women being inherantly weaker in the maths and sciences.
George T would ask, however, what are we doing wasting kids time with Math. The argument gets old...but he has a point. Even Nel says so. How can we get the kids to care? and love math and science?
"Teachers and scientists say that there are greater differences in learning styles within each sex than there are between the sexes and that any school or teacher that doesn't approach students as individuals is missing the mark. "
This topic relates nicely to the recent comment by Harvard Pres. Summers about women being inherantly weaker in the maths and sciences.
George T would ask, however, what are we doing wasting kids time with Math. The argument gets old...but he has a point. Even Nel says so. How can we get the kids to care? and love math and science?
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