Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
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Students may not be as motivated by the subject as they teacher, they may not believe the teacher who says “this is important” but who cannot demonstrate the importance.
Problems occur in classrooms when either teachers or students (either collectively or individually) decide they are doing all they should and the other must accommodate them.
Much of the school curriculum is also built around topics and assignments that are not performed elsewhere and that neither teachers nor students would complete were they not in school.
Learning is hard work. Students must attend to the lesson, reconcile what is new with what they already know, and practice so they can remember and work to apply their new knowledge.
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Teacher training is about compliance with regulations, not teaching and learning.
When students ask, “will this be on the test?” they are telling you what they have learned about school.
“We want to improve our score on….” No matter how one finishes this, it is likely to be meaningless.
If students demonstrate learning in the same way they learned it, you are finding out if they can recall it, not if they understand it. There is a difference.
“Isn’t school the real world for students?”
Sure, let’s ask them and see what they say.
Just because it’s easy to measure does not mean it matters.
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
