It made me laugh. It's http://xkcd.com/863/. They say that as long as I reference them, I can print this.
Education and Learning, Questions to Ponder and Discuss. What does research based learning techniques mean and how to reconcile that with a system which is moving to tablets with no research base. What really is learning and education? Is any meaningful learning testable?
Monday, August 8, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Reading about Education
I thought I'd do my best to remember the books that I've read or are about to read about education...
Geoffrey Canada
Whatever It Takes (this is about him, not by him)
Fist Stick Knife Gun
K12
So Much Reform, So Little Progress by Charles Payne
The Bee Eater, Michelle Rhea by Richard Whitmore
Disrupting Class by Clay Christensen
Taking Science to School by Richard Duschl
Personal Experiences
(Internet Entrepreneur who taught one course for a semester..can't remember the book.. interesting but nothing profound)
Teaching Hope by Freedom Writers & Erin Gruwell (not yet read)
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Higher Ed
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower by Professor X (not yet read)
Crazy U by Andrew Ferguson
Better than College by Blake Boles. This is a big idea.
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Geoffrey Canada
Whatever It Takes (this is about him, not by him)
Fist Stick Knife Gun
K12
So Much Reform, So Little Progress by Charles Payne
The Bee Eater, Michelle Rhea by Richard Whitmore
Disrupting Class by Clay Christensen
Taking Science to School by Richard Duschl
Personal Experiences
(Internet Entrepreneur who taught one course for a semester..can't remember the book.. interesting but nothing profound)
Teaching Hope by Freedom Writers & Erin Gruwell (not yet read)
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Higher Ed
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower by Professor X (not yet read)
Crazy U by Andrew Ferguson
Better than College by Blake Boles. This is a big idea.
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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