Carol Lincoln
MDC, Inc.
at the DEI Strategy Institute, Feb. 2, 2010
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Wow, isn't that a scary thought? I remember how proud my Dad was of my grandmother, when she became the second person in our family to earn a college degree.
ReplyDeleteHow can it be, in the current economy, that education is less valued than it was before?
Too many times people feel that education is no longer a "future personal value" but rather a long-term overhead cost.
ReplyDeleteWow, how sad is that? Somehow, we must find ways to communicate the value of education to those who are not already "singing in the choir." Ideas?
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating. The previous generation had a better education than the upcoming generation. It seems to me, then, that the previous generation of educators were doing a better job than is being done now. Maybe educators today should adopt some of the practices of used by the educators of the past.
ReplyDeleteThe best book about education that I have read lately is "Why Don't Students Like School?" by Daniel Willingham. The author is a cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.
ReplyDeleteUsing clear, simple examples backed up with empirical evidence from behavioral experiments, Willingham explains how the brain processes information and learns. He then suggests that teachers try to work with this innate learning process rather than against it.