Post: fun in education classes..

Posted by obnoxious and fed up education student on 1/07/07

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When you have to write that formal lesson plan with the
standards it addresses and a rationale for why you chose the
standards, choose them randomly--just click on any 3 off of
an online list-- and then rationalize what you have. It
works--since any standard can be used to justify almost any
topic you are teaching-- and it saves time by not making you
hunt for the right standards.

When your teacher goes over how to teach "concept
development" by telling you "4 legs" is an "essential
characteristic" of a dog--i.e. part of the "concept"-- ask
him/her if the dog you saw in the park with 3 legs is still
a dog.. watch the face drop in shock.

Go ahead and laugh during break if you see a class that's a
textbook model of direct instruction outlining the reasons
why direct instruction is not a good method to use in class.

Ask the questions you really want answered:
What is "higher order thinking"?

How does this class on "What if dolphins could talk.."
really connect to anything I'd be doing in high school
chemistry?

Do you care that Bloom admits he has absolutely no evidence
to support his multiple intelligences theory?

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fun in education classes.., 1/07/07, by obnoxious and fed up education student.

Re: fun in education classes.., 2/08/07, by Shannon.

Re: not to rain on your tirade, but..., 11/03/07, by JAM.