I have filled a lot of blog space in the last year writing and presenting a variety of perspectives about education (secondary and post secondary education in the USA),and since there is so much tumult and so little coherence, a lot of my coverage has been more negative of this industry than I would have [...]
If you have ever considered a few rather obvious questions, such as: · With the competitiveness of the global market increasing, with the rapid changes in technology and our society…just how well is a traditional liberal arts degree serving new graduates as they enter the workforce? · Are college tuitions increasing so rapidly as to [...]
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The two articles I have linked for this post relate to some of the slowly increasing problems inherent in our education system. The growing push to spend more time upon issues like self esteem and less upon traditional ‘work’ by students would seem to have a measurable impact upon student outcomes. I can’t say that [...]
As a presumptive history teacher this ongoing topic always tires me out… I can see a lot of ways why this is ostensibly true (i.e. student shaving little or no real understanding of history). I have filled in numerous history classes in middle school and high school where the vast majority of students are bewildered, [...]
Those who know me may see that this title is meant as a rhetorical device… A while ago I ran across a rather interesting article (here) which presented this very thesis. I probably should refine my own title to deal with math, sciences, and engineering classes, since this was the point of the article I [...]
Finally, I’ve run across an article about 21st century education which makes some sense. Many of the 21st century teacher, 21st century student, 21st century classroom articles I have seen merely rubber stamp the same tropes (i.e. collaboration, use of technology, digital natives, etc.). All of these things, while fine in their own light, represent [...]
I’ve been looking this initiative for several months now, and I think I understand it well enough to have a few things to say about it. First off, I think that it is incredibly valid. So much of Arithmetic and Mathematics (as taught in K-12, and even beyond) are focusing so much upon a grammar [...]
In the last several months’ time, I have seen literally hundreds of education articles describing the wonders of the iPad as a classroom tool (and I really mean hundreds…sigh). So, it comes as less than a surprise that South Korea is planning upon implementing a 100% sea change regarding digital textbooks. The same goes for [...]
There are plenty of sources covering some of the aspects which have been brought up to support the idea that college education is in a sort of financial bubble. There are lots of pieces covering the fact that colleges have been increasing tuition costs far in excess of inflation for decades, that getting a 4 [...]
