Sunday, October 5, 2008
Pink
This book is fantastic and I agree with most of what it says. Today's schools need to work harder to develope both sides of the brain. The jobs of the future are going to require a multitude of skills and not just test taking abilities. The current emphasis placed on teachers to achieve high test scores is serioulsy inhibiting the development of the six skills outlined. If you had told me in 1998 when I started as an undergrad that I would be attending gradschool via the internet I probably would not have believed it. I agree with Pink that our students need to be flexible in their thinking, and be adaptable to new technological changes.
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Is schooling in and of itself necessarily creative?
I am with you on the attending graduate school via the internet, I finished undergrad 2 years ago and I am still in awe of how much is online now. However, I do feel that since so much emphasis is placed on testing and the scores on those tests that it is inhibiting the teacher's ability to implement more alternative methods of teaching.
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