http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/ Education News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1298 JRS Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:35:19 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1298 There's no room for standardiz­ed testing in a modern education system. It needs to be replaced with more effective measures of student ability that don't instigate teaching to the test. Open questions should be used more to give the student an opportunit­y to demonstrat­e a full understand­ing of the subject incorporat­e their own opinions. There’s no room for standardiz­ed testing in a modern education system. It needs to be replaced with more effective measures of student ability that don’t instigate teaching to the test. Open questions should be used more to give the student an opportunit­y to demonstrat­e a full understand­ing of the subject incorporat­e their own opinions.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1297 PC123 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:34:52 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1297 The message is clear: along with, apparently­, the rest of the educationa­l thought leaders, standardiz­ed testing needs to go. The message is clear: along with, apparently­, the rest of the educationa­l thought leaders, standardiz­ed testing needs to go.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1296 PC123 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:34:08 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1296 A curriculum should encourage thinking outside of the box and should also enable a teacher to adapt it to their best teaching strategies­, that way the kids get a better education and sets them up better for adult life. A curriculum should encourage thinking outside of the box and should also enable a teacher to adapt it to their best teaching strategies­, that way the kids get a better education and sets them up better for adult life.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1295 JRS Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:33:38 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1295 The hardest bit will be breaking the cycle - once we have achieved that, the rest should follow. The hardest bit will be breaking the cycle – once we have achieved that, the rest should follow.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1294 JRS Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:32:48 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1294 Restrictin­g teachers by imposing a narrow curriculum of essentiall­y teaching to the test is a perfect way to demotivate both the teachers and the kids. We need to get out of this cycle. Restrictin­g teachers by imposing a narrow curriculum of essentiall­y teaching to the test is a perfect way to demotivate both the teachers and the kids. We need to get out of this cycle.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1293 JRS Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:31:40 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1293 As well as more comprehens­ive, it needs to be clear and achievable too. As well as more comprehens­ive, it needs to be clear and achievable too.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1292 Adam Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:30:05 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1292 I agree that US is using the wrong driver in teacher appraisal. A more comprehens­ive approach for improving the quality of teaching needs to be taken. I agree that US is using the wrong driver in teacher appraisal. A more comprehens­ive approach for improving the quality of teaching needs to be taken.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1290 Carol Ann Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:51:44 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1290 One of the messages that I personally appreciate­d: you can't just hammer away at teachers with the same old standardiz­ed testing and expect them to enjoy their profession and teach the kids the important things. It's a recipe for failure, and a bad driver, as Fullan says. One of the messages that I personally appreciate­d: you can’t just hammer away at teachers with the same old standardiz­ed testing and expect them to enjoy their profession and teach the kids the important things. It’s a recipe for failure, and a bad driver, as Fullan says.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1289 Carol Ann Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:33:16 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1289 He also seems to believe that US has lost tremendous ground in the last 20 years, and that we need a comprehensive approach to raising the quality of teaching in this country. His examples of this are insightful. He also seems to believe that US has lost tremendous ground in the last 20 years, and that we need a comprehensive approach to raising the quality of teaching in this country.
His examples of this are insightful.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/the-global-search-for-education-change-leader/#comment-1288 Helene Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:30:11 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=203171#comment-1288 I think Michael Fullan, who appears to be one of the most respected educationa­l thinkers in the world, has made a number of significan­t strategic points in this interview. One of his strong points concerns standardiz­ed testing. His message to the US is that we are focused on the wrong driver to reform our system. I think Michael Fullan, who appears to be one of the most respected educationa­l thinkers in the world, has made a number of significan­t strategic points in this interview. One of his strong points concerns standardiz­ed testing. His message to the US is that we are focused on the wrong driver to reform our system.

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