Here is my 'ism'. "All children come to school ready to learn, they just aren't always too keen on learning what we want to teach them."
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: 2008, 16, Sunday Of March 18:44 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Payne/Bomer at MRA > This reminds me of the prior knowledge I have with other educators quite > frequently. My position is that ALL kids have some prior knowledge about > common topics ( family, friendship, etc.) but the knowledge they have may be > very diverse, and it may not match our expectations. No matter what, we can't > possibly provide all students with the same prior knowledge before we begin > discussing a topic. > > Cathy > DE K-5 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 8:32 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Payne/Bomer at MRA > > > > I don't have a whole lot in my notes, but here is what I remember. He talked > about working in one of the schools in Texas where all of the children were > Spanish speaking and the SES was very low. There was a boy, I don't remember > what he called him so I'll just call him Joe. Joe was a kid that seemed to > be > destined for failure and didn't have much interest in school or reading. > But in talking to him they found that he was building a motorcycle from > scratch > > in his garage and read motorcycle manuals and visited lots of websites to > read instructions on how to build motorcycles (of course I remember this > part > being a biker chick myself : ) > Randy said, "How are we getting school literacy to match with the > literacy children are using outside of school? > ...deficit thinking leads to damaging education...it assumes something is > missing." > > Hope this helps. > > Nancy > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
