Closing the How-to Gap in Education
Posted on December 2, 2008
Filed Under Education |
Our educational system has every reason to be the best in the world. Yet the plain truth is, nationally the system is failing. Too high a percentage of our students are failing because, in spite of all of this, we are failing our students. content in ways that reach their students. Graduate schools of education must do this too. Yet, for the most part this is not done. A professor in the graduate school of education at a major university told me how difficult, if not impossible, it is to get courses on “how to teach” included in the curriculum.
Closing
the “how-to” gap will also require that experienced teachers learn
these important attitudes, skills and techniques. True, they are taking
in-service workshops and seminars, but most simply do not offer what
the teachers need in order to deliver that final ten percent.
I’ve been in this field for over 25 years, and in that time I’ve seen some great
teaching. I’ve seen students at every level, from primary grades to
adult education, become engaged, excited and positively enthusiastic
about learning. I’ve seen attendance soar, test scores rise and
discipline problems disappear. I have seen , but
not HOW TO teach is not okay. We cannot afford to wait any longer. We
have to make a start? here and now.
About the author
that focuses on innovative, research-based “how-to” implementation
methods for educators & learning & life skills for students.
Among the books she has written are Quantum Learning, Quantum Teaching:
Orchestrating Student Success, The 8 Keys of Excellence, and Quantum
Success. She also founded SuperCamp, an academic summer camp for kids and teens.
Tags: adult education, discipline problems, educational company, educational system, gap, graduate school of education, graduate schools of education, implementation methods, innovative research, plain truth, primary grades, quantum learning, school of education, schools of education, service workshops, spite, student success, students graduate, summer camp, test scores rise
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