Comments on: The Illiteracy Lie http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dan Dascalescu http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7315 Dan Dascalescu Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:39:43 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7315 This teacher, Lisa VanDamme, is attempting to identify the causes of the apparenty failure of the US educational system, and proposes a new paradigm of teaching. http://www.vandammeacademy.com/philosophy/interview.htm This teacher, Lisa VanDamme, is attempting to identify the causes of the apparenty failure of the US educational system, and proposes a new paradigm of teaching.

http://www.vandammeacademy.com/philosophy/interview.htm

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7255 Doug Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:43:17 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7255 I've noticed that both the crud and the cream rise to the top where they're easy to spot. Seems as if getting the job done should be just a matter of knowing the difference. I’ve noticed that both the crud and the cream rise to the top where they’re easy to spot. Seems as if getting the job done should be just a matter of knowing the difference.

]]> By: Artichoke http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7253 Artichoke Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:59:21 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7253 Made me laugh too - and reminded me about something I wrote for Computers in NZ schools about the nexus between gifted education and ICT. Seems our desire for research support for best practice in education is bound to be diasappointed <i>Even when we do find research purporting to advise our practice, meta-analyst Asher (2003 p.7) warns that “The published literature in the field of gifted and talented education is inherently flawed.” Sample sizes tend to be small, (70 or less); <b>our experimental curriculum reform practices are not “spectacularly better than our current practices” </b>and narrative reviews are “prone to “subjective selection biases” of the reviewer. What hope is there for educators struggling to meet the learning needs of gifted and talented students? </i> Made me laugh too - and reminded me about something I wrote for Computers in NZ schools about the nexus between gifted education and ICT. Seems our desire for research support for best practice in education is bound to be diasappointed

Even when we do find research purporting to advise our practice, meta-analyst Asher (2003 p.7) warns that “The published literature in the field of gifted and talented education is inherently flawed.” Sample sizes tend to be small, (70 or less); our experimental curriculum reform practices are not “spectacularly better than our current practices” and narrative reviews are “prone to “subjective selection biases” of the reviewer. What hope is there for educators struggling to meet the learning needs of gifted and talented students?

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7250 Doug Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:51:22 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7250 I laughed when I read this from the page you linked to, Artichoke: <em>...if you have to test something carefully to see the difference it makes, then it is not making enough of a difference in the first place</em>. Of course, tests don't tell teachers anything we don't already know. We use them to justify our observations. I've been in professional start-of-school meetings all week, fighting off feeling like a mastadon being driven over a cliff. I keep thinking, "This isn't rocket science." Tim, I linked your comment to a source for the Berliner book. Thanks. I laughed when I read this from the page you linked to, Artichoke: …if you have to test something carefully to see the difference it makes, then it is not making enough of a difference in the first place.

Of course, tests don’t tell teachers anything we don’t already know. We use them to justify our observations. I’ve been in professional start-of-school meetings all week, fighting off feeling like a mastadon being driven over a cliff. I keep thinking, “This isn’t rocket science.”

Tim, I linked your comment to a source for the Berliner book. Thanks.

]]> By: Tim http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7249 Tim Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:29:11 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/08/19/the-illiteracy-lie/#comment-7249 This whole notion of manufactured crisis reminds me of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201441969/ref=sr_11_1/104-3837473-6055165?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow">David Berliner and Bruce Biddle's book</a>, The Manufactured Crisis--well worth the read. This whole notion of manufactured crisis reminds me of David Berliner and Bruce Biddle’s book, The Manufactured Crisis–well worth the read.

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