[etni] Fwd: re: official answers re HOTS and unofficial commentary
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From: Marj Bitran <marj1959@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: official answers re HOTS and unofficial commentary
Dear Eleanor and All Concerned,
Why would people do a u-turn at this point? Has something changed? Is
not our union still forbidding our enacting the program? Is the
literature program not still all about HOTS?
Since there has been no change in the officials' policies, I see no
reason to change either. I'm still on the "Just Say NO" wagon and
hoping all will hang on tight for the ride with me!
Marj
Eleanor wrote:
> All the official information about HOTS -- and everything else -- is
> on the official Ministry - English site -- if you can't connect
> through the MOE then you can link through ETNI (right column of menu
> tabs)
>
> BUT -- if you have not implemented HOTS yet because you are against
> the program -- then why are you implementing it now?
>
> Teachers who choose to implement out of defeatism -- will be defeated.
> On the other hand -- if you think it is a worthwhile program both
> for 4 and 5 pointers and you like the choices of literature that will
> be tested... , you don't care that for their HEBREW Literature
> programs they are not required to do 5 book reports, they are not
> required to do a project and they certainly do not have a HOT log or
> are required to regurgitate the skills or literary terminology on
> their bagrut exams to prove they have learned HOTS metacognitively --
> go right ahead -- do the program.
>
> Also if it does not aggravate you that biology and civics teachers
> are getting paid 0.4 hour ( almost a half hour weekly -- if it were
> added to the 3.5 for a 5 point class IT IS A WHOLE hour ) for doing a
> project -- that is their HOTS. We have been doing projects for free
> for 7 years. So go right ahead --and if you are young enough , in
> another 2 or 3 years there will be something else ADDED. And by the
> way -- the civics teacher also got their entire curriculum DOUBLED!
> Two years instead of one year.
>
> However, most schools that I know do not even get the full 5 hours for
> English teaching that the 5 point pupils are entitled to. And since
> the 4 point pupils are such good language learners they are not even
> entitled to the 5 hours... But THAT is another example of the careful
> planning and well-thought out curriculum of the MOE.
>
> Yes, absolutely -- we English teachers should lead the whole Ministry
> in teaching critical thinking skills and we should do it in a
> foreign language, when the pupils are in high school....
>
> but first we should start thinking critically ourselves FOR OURSELVES
>
> HOTS was created for grades 4-8 in the native language programs, that
> is when the kids are really developing thinking skills and study
> habits
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