Comments on: Promoting the New Models http://www.ed421.com/?p=58 Stephanie Sandifer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:07:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephanie http://www.ed421.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-61 Stephanie Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:57:10 +0000 http://www.ed421.com/?p=58#comment-61 Meryn -- Thanks for posting those two links. You make a very good point about "doing your best is a good thing by itself." That essentially a similar message to "Be the change you wish to see in the world" (Ghandi) -- my favorite quote and along the lines of what <a href="http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/blog/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Miguel</a> has been saying in his blog. Chris -- I'll be anxious to see the success that you will have with SLA (I'm predicting success for you). I really believe that looking at questions across disciplines (and thematically) is much more effective that what we are doing right now. Our school started down the path of interdisciplinary work but our district culture is too entrenched in separate curriculum departments and now NCLB and increased testing pressure has pretty killed our cross-curriculum efforts. I wish you the best and I'm certain that your students will benefit greatly. Stephanie Meryn —

Thanks for posting those two links. You make a very good point about “doing your best is a good thing by itself.” That essentially a similar message to “Be the change you wish to see in the world” (Ghandi) — my favorite quote and along the lines of what Miguel has been saying in his blog.

Chris –

I’ll be anxious to see the success that you will have with SLA (I’m predicting success for you). I really believe that looking at questions across disciplines (and thematically) is much more effective that what we are doing right now. Our school started down the path of interdisciplinary work but our district culture is too entrenched in separate curriculum departments and now NCLB and increased testing pressure has pretty killed our cross-curriculum efforts.

I wish you the best and I’m certain that your students will benefit greatly.

Stephanie

]]> By: Chris Lehmann http://www.ed421.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-60 Chris Lehmann Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:58:11 +0000 http://www.ed421.com/?p=58#comment-60 Thanks for the link... for me, trying to create SLA, where the day has a unified field... where we look at questions across disciplines... where we use the tools at hand to find our own answers... that's my new model, but hey, September should be an interesting month to see if we really can do it. Thanks for the link… for me, trying to create SLA, where the day has a unified field… where we look at questions across disciplines… where we use the tools at hand to find our own answers… that’s my new model, but hey, September should be an interesting month to see if we really can do it.

]]> By: Meryn http://www.ed421.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-59 Meryn Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:53:51 +0000 http://www.ed421.com/?p=58#comment-59 There's also <a href="http://teachersteachingteachers.org/" rel="nofollow">http://teachersteachingteachers.org/</a>. Maybe they can also be promoted through communities at <a href="http://elgg.net/" rel="nofollow">http://elgg.net/</a>. I hope there won't be overblown expectations, because that could demotivate people if they won't come true. I think it should be stressed that doing your best is a good thing by itself. I think teachers would be helped if there was also attention to how to persuade management. Tips to help them win arguments, for example. There’s also http://teachersteachingteachers.org/. Maybe they can also be promoted through communities at http://elgg.net/.

I hope there won’t be overblown expectations, because that could demotivate people if they won’t come true. I think it should be stressed that doing your best is a good thing by itself.

I think teachers would be helped if there was also attention to how to persuade management. Tips to help them win arguments, for example.

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