Caring & Creating a Sense of Community

[Joan Jaeckel <jjaeckel@WHOLE.ORG>]

Joankaiser@AOL.COM writes:

>Teachers as a whole don't feel convinced.  Is it the pressure from the high
>stakes tests ?  That's definitely playing a role.  Content becomes too
prime.
> No time for student-centered or affective activities. Too much skill and
>drill for the tests instead.
>

What I don't understand is this.  If doctors squawk up loudly when financial
considerations force them to make medical decisions that violate their sense
of what's good for the patient, why don't teachers reblel against imposed
conditions that violate their sense of what's good for students?  Even the
teacher's unions seem to more concerned with preserving the institution than
in helping to develop a new ethic of responsible professionalism in the face
of pressure from alarmists.


Joan

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