A recent report from Canada "Which pedagogies are efficient?" by Gauthier C., Mellouki M. & al. is crossing the Ocean and being abundantly debated here in Switzerland and in France.
In this literature survey, they compare different researches that examine the efficiency of different pedagogical methods. Some of their conclusions are based on the Follow Through Project that compared schools that used "curriculum based learning" vs "learner-centered methods": The report concludes that Direct instruction Methods (curriculum based learning) do better than constructivist methods (learner-centered methods).
Can anyone tell me more about the Follow Through Evaluation Project? Who is behind it? How solid are their methods? What exactly do we have to understand by" Direct Instruction" model? How are these questions debated overseas?
Thanks
Phil Gervaix
Gymnase de Burier
Switzerland
For those who read French: http://www.fondapol.org/pdf/Pedagogies_efficaces.pdf http://www.fondapol.org/actualite3.jsp
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