Ed-- Shouldn't the header be: More Pupils are Registering for Online Courses?
Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Pollak, Edward wrote: > MEMPHIS — Jack London was the subject in Daterrius Hamilton’s online English > 3 course. In a high school classroom packed with computers, he read a brief > biography of London with single-paragraph excerpts from the author’s works. > But the curriculum did not require him, as it had generations of English > students, to wade through a tattered copy of “Call of the Wild” or “To Build > a Fire.” > Mr. Hamilton, who had failed English 3 in a conventional classroom and was > hoping to earn credit online to graduate, was asked a question about the > meaning of social Darwinism. He pasted the question into Google and read a > summary of a Wikipedia entry. He copied the language, spell-checked it and > e-mailed it to his teacher. > > Mr. Hamilton, 18, is among the expanding ranks of students in kindergarten > through Grade 12 — more than one million in the United States, by one > estimate — taking online courses. > > Advocates of such courses say they allow schools to offer not only makeup > courses, the fastest-growing area, but also a richer menu of electives > andAdvanced Placement classes when there are not enough students to fill a > classroom. > > But critics say online education is really driven by a desire to spend less > on teachers and buildings, especially as state and local budget crises force > deep cuts to education. They note that there is no sound research showing > that online courses at the K-12 level are comparable to face-to-face learning. > > > For the complete article see NY Times article at > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/education/06online.html > > Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > West Chester University of Pennsylvania > Office hours: Mondays noon-2 & 3-4; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:15 & 12:30-2 > http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/home.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in > approximate order of importance. > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9870 or send a blank email to leave-9870-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
