[etni] Fw: Responding to a Query, Berry tries to explain the Literature stuff

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:06:40 +0200
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Barry Silverberg 
Subject: Responding to a Query, Berry tries to explain the Literature stuff
Somebody asked on the list what all this business is with the Thinking Skills. 
. .

 
The old system and the new system in a nutshell on one leg,

By Barry Hillel Silverberg


Under the old system, the pupils studied stories, poems and a play.
They had to answer questions and many of them copied from the one pupil who 
actually did the work.

Then there was the In between module era, when some teachers taught literature, 
and others just said they did.

Soon, we will be using literature to teach Higher   Oder  Thinking Sillls.  One 
of these skills is making inferences.  If our pupils  can learn to  make 
inferences from, say, "all my Sons"  , by dealing with questions such as:
          Was Kate fully aware of her husband's guilt the whole time?
          or Does Anne admire Kate? 
           Did the speaker in 'Two Roads..." make the correct decision. . . 

then they should be able to deal with issues such as:

Should we abide by the life and death decisions of political leaders who have 
accepted bribes and are corrupt?

Should we enlist in the army when our leaders led us into a disastrous war 
after appointing unsiutable people to run it?

Should we make more efforts to keep aggravating acronyms, abbreviations and 
jargon out of our lives?

and finally, 

Should we, as pupils,  find out who has answered the Higher Order Questions and 
copy them?
ANSWER: our parents studied the same works of literature, usually with teachers 
who asked Higher Order Thinking Skills without  calling it that because that's 
what teaching Literature is about,
So we can find all the answers in the attic in their old notes.

So, Bambi A, have I helped you? 
/ B.A.R.R.Y Silverberg

PS:  Remember what Thumper said.

 PPS:  The Rag Doesn't need me as much as I need a rag.  I find my self wiping 
the Whipeboard with my sleeve.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bambi" <mabat@xxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: [etni] FW: HOTS


> After reading all the pros and cons of the HOTS thing, I still can't
> figure out what it is - so, could someone who has taken the course and
> noted that it could all be given in a couple of hours, please give one
> or two practical examples of how you use it - whether in literature or
> just plain reading (and what's the difference there anyway???).  All I
> can figure out is that you teach the difference between a metaphor and a
> semaphore.
> 
> Thanx - Bambi A.
> 
>  
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