Remember Ted Sizer's adage, "less is more." Depth over breadth. On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:11 PM, doug wrote:
> Chuni-- > > Seems to me it would be more fun for the student to not have to struggle > through homework without any help at night, but to watch videos instead! > > In any case, I have long felt that homework was not a very good use of > teaching or student energy. Said another way, if it can't be taught in the > school day, maybe it does not need to be taught. "Teach less, but teach it > better." Sorry if that offends some. > > :- Doug. Germann > 574/291-0022 > http://www.SouthBendElderCARINGlaw.com > > PS: This letter is intended only for the addressee. It may contain > confidential or privileged material. If you have received this material > in error, please destroy the original and all copies and notify the > sender at once. The matters in this letter may not be relied upon to > avoid tax penalties. > > > > > On 10/24/2013 11:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Doug, >> >> The New Milford High School in NJ was recently in the news for the success >> of their pilot of the flipped classroom method. Students watch the recorded >> lecture at home and do their homework in class so they can get help when >> they need it. The average grade was A according to the news report, compared >> to B of the traditional classroom. One student's math grade went from C to >> A, and students' motivation and engagement all went up. >> >> Mastery learning becomes possible when the teacher can afford individual >> attention to different students' needs. However, in our current system, even >> in the flipped classroom, the curriculum is defined for the students. The >> students still have to learn what the system requires them to learn when the >> system requires them to learn, and be tested accordingly. This at the lower >> grade may be understandable, but becomes quite demotivating at the higher >> grades or college level, especially when the class has to be curved. >> >> In my college teaching, I use mastery learning with my students. Those who >> are willing to work with me can keep revising their work until they get an >> A. But the school doesn't like that as my class has "inflated" grades. >> Earlier this year, I proposed to have a class where the students would >> create the syllabus together by themselves. It was shot down because the >> school policy requires the syllabus to be posted weeks before the semester >> begins. >> >> Do we not have a long way to go in letting education be the passion and >> responsibility of the learners rather than the teacher? >> >> Chuni >> >> From: doug <[email protected]> >> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:27 PM >> Subject: [OSList] flipped mastery classrooms >> >> Friends-- >> >> Take a look at flipped mastery classrooms and tell us just how open is >> this space? >> >> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/in-flipped-classrooms-a-method-for-mastery/?src=me >> >> :- Doug. >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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