Comments on: This just in… http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2008/03/20/this-just-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-just-in Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tim http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2008/03/20/this-just-in/comment-page-1/#comment-19253 Tim Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:08 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2008/03/20/this-just-in/#comment-19253 This report only reinforces the concept that education is more about making a connection between people than it is about test scores. However, the current thinking in the US, largely driven by NCLB, puts far more emphasis on the courses a teacher has taken and the information they've memorize than on how well they are able to communicate with kids. Mathew's right that this is one of the big reasons for so many good teachers leaving the profession. This report only reinforces the concept that education is more about making a connection between people than it is about test scores. However, the current thinking in the US, largely driven by NCLB, puts far more emphasis on the courses a teacher has taken and the information they’ve memorize than on how well they are able to communicate with kids.

Mathew’s right that this is one of the big reasons for so many good teachers leaving the profession.

]]> By: Mathew http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2008/03/20/this-just-in/comment-page-1/#comment-19228 Mathew Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:10:12 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2008/03/20/this-just-in/#comment-19228 I think these are similar to the reasons teachers drop out of teaching. Students are people like us, which some teachers forget. We have to find ways that students can display talents in different ways so that the students who don't take to paper and pencil activities have other ways to shine and build self-confidence. I think these are similar to the reasons teachers drop out of teaching.

Students are people like us, which some teachers forget.

We have to find ways that students can display talents in different ways so that the students who don’t take to paper and pencil activities have other ways to shine and build self-confidence.

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