Danny & Annie | StoryCorps
A nice way to present love and compassion to young people searching for the wonders of life..
A nice way to present love and compassion to young people searching for the wonders of life..
14/06/2011
10/06/2011
Ken Robinson (interview on education systems)
r386261_1803158.asx (video/x-ms-asf Object)
Mind this needs some time to load..enjoy..:)
Mind this needs some time to load..enjoy..:)
09/06/2011
08/06/2011
Active Learning Is Key to Differentiated Instruction | Edutopia
Read the article.. ....and move further to affective and conative level! :)
Research by Black and William found formative assessment to be more effective than summative assessment
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My antilogue: Formative assessment is not about checking lists but it is about enabling learning..so if we forget about summative assessment because it labels students, then we should use formative assessment which is supposed to be a completely different thing. Right? However, if we use APP and levels and boxes and green lights and stars and wishes etc..(not that they are bad of course but) don't we label them again? Perrenoud, Allal, Boyle..they all found in their own research that formative assessment is not used correctly. A vast amount of literature can be found around this subject on the net. Teachers are human beings..I have seen teachers so anxious to mark with green and yellow and pink and whatever, that they forget the whole meaning of formative assessment. And it's not their fault actually..how possible is it to have so little time and so many things to do?? who to please? the head teacher? the parents?...the students? Formative assessment is not about APP levels..those tables can not identify students' little steps..learning is about little steps..each step at a time..we should not forget about how everything works in this world..from plants to buildings to civilizations..why should we expect miracles from our students?...
My antilogue: Formative assessment is not about checking lists but it is about enabling learning..so if we forget about summative assessment because it labels students, then we should use formative assessment which is supposed to be a completely different thing. Right? However, if we use APP and levels and boxes and green lights and stars and wishes etc..(not that they are bad of course but) don't we label them again? Perrenoud, Allal, Boyle..they all found in their own research that formative assessment is not used correctly. A vast amount of literature can be found around this subject on the net. Teachers are human beings..I have seen teachers so anxious to mark with green and yellow and pink and whatever, that they forget the whole meaning of formative assessment. And it's not their fault actually..how possible is it to have so little time and so many things to do?? who to please? the head teacher? the parents?...the students? Formative assessment is not about APP levels..those tables can not identify students' little steps..learning is about little steps..each step at a time..we should not forget about how everything works in this world..from plants to buildings to civilizations..why should we expect miracles from our students?...
06/06/2011
05/06/2011
04/06/2011
03/06/2011
02/06/2011
How authority and lack of responsibility affects human behaviour..
A series of 3 videos presenting how the experiment took place and the outcomes as well..mind the expressions of the participants..I have read about years ago while being an undergraduate student, yet I had no idea it was on Youtube..Really worth watching..Brings a lot of questions as to which point can people go if they are given power and they are released from responsibility..
YouTube - Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiment 2009 1/3
YouTube - Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiment 2009 1/3
01/06/2011
31/05/2011
Noam Chomsky: Academic Freedom and the Corporatization of Universities
Video of April 29 speech by Noam Chomsky at the University of Toronto - Scarborough
30/05/2011
Feedback to improve standards..
Give children feedback to improve standards in school, says new guide | Education | The Guardian
...Yet, the feedback which is not personalised and adjusted to every single pupil is not helpful to the pupils' learning needs while increasing standars is not the goal here...what pupils learn and if they learn cannot be traced in whether they find the correct answer.. Success in learning activities does not indicate success in learning procedures (Perrenoud, Allal). Formative teaching and learning is far away from ticking a list of goals (Boyle) and Assessment for learning as it is implemented in today's classrooms is not at all relevant to its original meaning and purpose. It is though remarkable how cleverly the government manages to confuse teachers by using two completely opposite terms: feedback (AfL principle) and Standars (summative teaching and learning in a testocratic system)!The recipy works: loads of paperwork and goals to be accomplished for the teachers and the pupils, higher scores and more money for the outside factors ..I guess it is easier to control teachers when they are exhausted...
...Yet, the feedback which is not personalised and adjusted to every single pupil is not helpful to the pupils' learning needs while increasing standars is not the goal here...what pupils learn and if they learn cannot be traced in whether they find the correct answer.. Success in learning activities does not indicate success in learning procedures (Perrenoud, Allal). Formative teaching and learning is far away from ticking a list of goals (Boyle) and Assessment for learning as it is implemented in today's classrooms is not at all relevant to its original meaning and purpose. It is though remarkable how cleverly the government manages to confuse teachers by using two completely opposite terms: feedback (AfL principle) and Standars (summative teaching and learning in a testocratic system)!The recipy works: loads of paperwork and goals to be accomplished for the teachers and the pupils, higher scores and more money for the outside factors ..I guess it is easier to control teachers when they are exhausted...
22/05/2011
03/04/2011
02/04/2011
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