Discord in Harvard's school of pseudo-education
Dom
Harvard and elsewhere, I have a better understanding of why the pseudo-
education of American students continues unabated: The professors of
education and their "students, who are groomed to be national leaders
in education," appear to be completely clueless about the time-tested,
successful methods of educating children of all ethnic and economic
groups through direct instruction.
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Discord in Harvard's education school
Protesters want more focus on social issues
By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / April 29, 2011
The recent denial of tenure to a prominent Harvard scholar whose work
focuses on grass-roots organizing has sparked student protests over
the direction of one of the nation's most influential education
schools.
More than 50 doctoral students at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education are demanding that the 91-year-old school redirect its
mission. Over the last decade, they say, it has veered away from
social justice issues in education toward more results-driven
management and policy concerns. The students, who are groomed to be
national leaders in education, said they fear the shift will hamper
their professional development and tarnish the school's reputation.
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Bob LeChevalier
>After reading this article, and the types of "research" being done at
>Harvard and elsewhere, I have a better understanding of why the pseudo-
>education of American students continues unabated: The professors of
>education and their "students, who are groomed to be national leaders
>in education," appear to be completely clueless about the time-tested,
>successful methods of educating children of all ethnic and economic
>groups through direct instruction.
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>
>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/04/29/tenure_decision_sparks_protests_at_harvard/
The discussion in question doesn't seem to have anything to do with
teaching methodology.
As for "time-tested, successful" - one would think that if that were
so, that all the peer-reviewed research would agree that it was so,
and there would be no controversy. Yet there is.
lojbab
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Dom
> Dom <DR...@teikyopost.edu> wrote:
> >After reading this article, and the types of "research" being done at
> >Harvard and elsewhere, I have a better understanding of why the pseudo-
> >education of American students continues unabated: The professors of
> >education and their "students, who are groomed to be national leaders
> >in education," appear to be completely clueless about the time-tested,
> >successful methods of educating children of all ethnic and economic
> >groups through direct instruction.
> >============
>
>
> The discussion in question doesn't seem to have anything to do with
> teaching methodology.
>
> As for "time-tested, successful" - one would think that if that were
> so, that all the peer-reviewed research would agree that it was so,
> and there would be no controversy. Yet there is.
To modify Calvin Coolidge: "The business of pseudo-educators is pseudo-
education."
wellfed
teacher and both left after the second year. They simply were not
prepared for the reality of teaching in an environment where students
weren't interested in learning. I am sure they are administrators
somewhere now. These may have been exceptions, but it would be
interesting to see how their graduates do after five years and the
demographics of the schools where they teach. Personally, I feel that
most university preparation programs have way too many professors and
not enough classroom teachers on the staff.
al
Larry Hewitt
Its not peculiar to Harvard.
Nationwide over 40% of new teachers leave the field within 5 years.
Why put up with administrators out to get you, indifferent to hostile
parents, taxpayers who refuse to pay for supplies so you must spend your
own meager salary, a hostile public, politicians who demean , 70 hr
weeks, all while paying back student loans and earning $35K??
Larry
Dom
As a follow-up, I would like to add that Haim submitted an interesting
reply at:
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7443726&tstart=0
In particular, Haim wrote: <<From reading the article, it just cannot
be clearer that "education", as you and I understand the concept,
cannot be further from their minds.>>
Pubkeybreaker
Bingo! Haim is dead on. (IMO)
Rowley
I'm a bit slow... took me eleven years to get tired of it...
Martin