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
A degree is “only a piece of paper” to folks who don't understand education. Those who have completed degrees understand that the piece of paper is only the final layer on the experience.
Lead with ideas that are sound and supported, and experts will follow.
The expert approaches problems and situations from multiple perspectives.
My classroom, my work with colleagues, and my design of materials must adjust to the students. It must also communicate the conclusion, “you are unique, and it is my job help you find that uniqueness and leverage it to our mutual benefit.”
Applying Taylorism to education is misguided..... very misguided.
Educational reform in the last several decades has been horizontal as schools commonly jump from one initiative to another with little reason.
John Dewey identified four natural impulses of children:
to inquiry
to communicate
to construct
to express
The research is clear. Humans cannot multitask; constant access to social media is not healthy for adolescent brains.
When schools are providing the type of experiences students really need, teachers are likely to feel unprepared to answer students’ questions.
"The Standards contain what students need to know."
Sure... but what if they don't?
"Can educators link students’ in-school learning and out-of school living to make education more relevant, meaningful, and connected to kids?" -Christine Greenhow
“Genius has as many components as the mind itself.”
― Stephen Jay Gould,
In Western cultures, the history of education is marked by a differentiation between everyday experiences and the explanations and language used in schools.
“Scientific questions cannot be decided by majority vote....”
― Stephen Jay Gould
Wicked problems cannot be easily understood, are not completely definable, and there is no agreement about the existence and resolution of the problem. We mistakenly try to resolve them with methods appropriate for tame problems.
“Learning how to learn” is more important than “learning what you need to learn.”
- 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
