Well, in the future, we will all hopefully post these kinds of thoughts as we read. I have invited all of you to be authors. We will have an official blogging lesson this Thursday for those of you may be intimidated.
Here they are:
What is creativity? Why should we promote it? How can we foster it?
(I feel like this is a good starting place, as I think that our opinions will likely vary across the board. Additionally, it seems to be the primary focus of the book.)
"Education doesn't just follow the natural grain of young people's abilities; it sorts them through two different filters. The first is economic: education categorises peole on implicit assumptions about the labor market. The second filter is intellectual: education sorts people according to a particular view of intelligence." from the intro pg. 3
(I think that it will be interesting to see what we all think about this notion of the sorting filters.)
"Raising standards is no good if they're the wrong standards." intro pg. 4
(Do you think that we are raising the wrong standards? What could be changed?)
What do you think about the idea of recovering from our own education? That intelligent people pass through education feeling that they aren't?
How can we create an atmosphere where risk taking and exerimentation are encouraged rather than stifled?
"The Intellectual Property Association in Washington has estimated these sectors (idea generators) to be worth currently $360 billion, making them more valuable than auto, agro, or aerospace." pg 42
(What does this mean to us?)
"Life opportunities are more closely related to degree reslults than ever before. Coupled with that, children are being examined more than ever before. This loses sight of exams being an indicator of how you are progressing and becomes rather like continually pulling up a plant to see how well it is growing." pg 51
(Can't wait to see what people think about this.)
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I'm thinking about the fact that the standards are being raised. Are they the right standards????
Let's think on it..........
So far as tearing up a plant goes to check it's roots...any gardener/plant enthusiast will tell you the plant will not fair well. Just as our students who are in a learning environment, getting excited about hands-on learning then we yank them out to give them a standardized test! There are so many other ways to assess.
On another note, why can we not leave creative classes in schools where we are seeing great success. We are offering classes that are keeping some students interested in staying in school, yet our elected officials continue to pull these successful programs without investuingating the success and using it other schools!!! How backwards can we be??
I realize I am not a member of your group but I thought I might post a comment. I am friend of Bill Ferriter and found your blog through his. I have written on this subject myself. I am also a teacher and artist. I have enjoyed your posts. Keep up the good work.
Check out this post and if you want , let me know if it adds to your discussion.
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