[etni] national curriculum

From: "David R. Herz" <mr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:21:07 +0200

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"When you are choosing pieces for a national curriculum, there is no way you
are going to please everyone."

 

Doesn't this beg the question of why we even have a national curriculum.  If
we were really committed to having our students learn to make meaningful
choices in their lives, to take risks, to learn to love learning, to become
committed and active citizens, etc., we might consider granting teachers
similar privileges.  The premise of a national curriculum, at least of the
style set forth in this country, seems to be that we can have no faith in
teachers pursuing or achieving excellence, or even mediocrity, in teaching
on their own, and therefore we must tell them what to do.  Take a look
around.  The results are an embarrassment.

 

And that HOTS seems to have some salutary effect is no retort.  What have we
done to kill the joy of learning that exists in every baby that we are
constantly looking for ways to rekindle even some small portion of it in the
many years our children waste away in schools?

 

David R. Herz

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