When I worked as a teacher, I noted that the much discussed standards (NGSS was what we were talking about at the time) were developed as if everyone was going to do a job that needed that particular knowledge set, rather than be a plumber, cook, or insurance adjuster. Perhaps if our goal with education was competencies, rather than more…
When I worked as a teacher, I noted that the much discussed standards (NGSS was what we were talking about at the time) were developed as if everyone was going to do a job that needed that particular knowledge set, rather than be a plumber, cook, or insurance adjuster. Perhaps if our goal with education was competencies, rather than more education (or worse, babysitting), it might be easier to see both if we'd succeeded and how to adjust what we were doing to get to an objective. I can always get more kids into college -- just lower the entrance standards from tenth grade reading comp to fifth...
When I worked as a teacher, I noted that the much discussed standards (NGSS was what we were talking about at the time) were developed as if everyone was going to do a job that needed that particular knowledge set, rather than be a plumber, cook, or insurance adjuster. Perhaps if our goal with education was competencies, rather than more education (or worse, babysitting), it might be easier to see both if we'd succeeded and how to adjust what we were doing to get to an objective. I can always get more kids into college -- just lower the entrance standards from tenth grade reading comp to fifth...
Indeed! And it seems we're doing just that....