Okay I am suppose to be responding to something from Ed 530.. I really do not know. I like the class so far. It seems as though this class will question everything we see in classes today. Very reflective.
RR 1- What I gathered from this chapter was to think systematically about high school change. The authors, in their own way, was answering the call for change in high schools and from first-hand experience taking readers along for the ride. The story was inspiring, motivational and made me think deeper about the current traditions, procedures and practices that seem to be failing our kids today. Indirectly this chapter was talking about missing links. The missing link that too many high schools are familiar with. The missing link between what students need or better yet deserve and what they are receiving.
The reform models discussed seemed as though they all could work in providing quality education to students. I do not think there is one way to teach students, nor do I believe students learn one way. I do think we must change the way we deliver instruction and have students construct meaning for themselves as we act as coaches and guides. To me that’s learning. I am curious to know what are we teaching in high school. What do we expect from students and how is it relevant to their lives after high school? Why can’t schools produce what they claim to strive for in their mission statements? What is the missing link between school’s mission statements and what is being taught?
Rather than post a comment on your previous post, please create a new post for each Reading Response. I appreciate your summary of "thinking systematically". That is exactly what that HS did. You helped me realize they truly stepped back and considered all 11 aspects to effect change, rather than trying to solve one problem in isolation. I think a part of "whats missing" lies in the question of teaching for life "after school" or for the life of the child, as it is in their now.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I gathered from this chapter was to think systematically about high school change. The authors, in their own way, was answering the call for change in high schools and from first-hand experience taking readers along for the ride. The story was inspiring, motivational and made me think deeper about the current traditions, procedures and practices that seem to be failing our kids today. Indirectly this chapter was talking about missing links. The missing link that too many high schools are familiar with. The missing link between what students need or better yet deserve and what they are receiving.
The reform models discussed seemed as though they all could work in providing quality education to students. I do not think there is one way to teach students, nor do I believe students learn one way.
I do think we must change the way we deliver instruction and have students construct meaning for themselves as we act as coaches and guides. To me that’s learning. I am curious to know what are we teaching in high school. What do we expect from students and how is it relevant to their lives after high school? Why can’t schools produce what they claim to strive for in their mission statements? What is the missing link between school’s mission statements and what is being taught?
Rather than post a comment on your previous post, please create a new post for each Reading Response.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your summary of "thinking systematically". That is exactly what that HS did. You helped me realize they truly stepped back and considered all 11 aspects to effect change, rather than trying to solve one problem in isolation.
I think a part of "whats missing" lies in the question of teaching for life "after school" or for the life of the child, as it is in their now.