tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post1099061677026264692..comments2024-03-26T01:02:21.823-04:00Comments on All About Comprehension: A Paradigm Change—Food for ThoughtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-68630840649205899302011-03-10T22:53:59.279-05:002011-03-10T22:53:59.279-05:00sorry for the delayed response. i've been work...sorry for the delayed response. i've been working in seattle and portland. i look forward to hearing robertson's speech when i get back to the east coast. thanks for locating it and sending along.Sharon Taberskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851926241599251711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-20260697537184360592011-03-09T16:57:22.531-05:002011-03-09T16:57:22.531-05:00Hi, Sharon and Linda-If you would like to hear Sir...Hi, Sharon and Linda-If you would like to hear Sir Ken Robertson's entire speech on Changing Paradigms I would suggest you go to the link to http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/archive/sir-ken-robinson <br />He does have a lot say about the impact our changing society has had on both funding and informing educational policy...as well as other important and related issues.<br />Warning: Be Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192793426104646428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-54872377642051674092011-02-08T20:35:23.031-05:002011-02-08T20:35:23.031-05:00I hear you and agree...i'm sad too. play is so...I hear you and agree...i'm sad too. play is so important part to children's cognitive development. those who make these decisions need to revisit piaget and bruner...Sharon Taberskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851926241599251711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-5528034248799155792011-02-08T18:11:45.252-05:002011-02-08T18:11:45.252-05:00I just read the post and the article...I so agree....I just read the post and the article...I so agree. The remark about how Finland has decided not to move along with the standardization movement because "such tests would consume too much instructional time, cost too much to construct, proctor, and grade, and generate undue stress" really stood out for me, especially the generating undue stress part. I don't think we play, or give Linda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556399171213366793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-36387637640145542942011-02-05T22:53:28.712-05:002011-02-05T22:53:28.712-05:00i couldn't agree more that many of the things ...i couldn't agree more that many of the things we're asking of our young children are developmentally inappropriate. did you get a chance to read today's post (feb. 5) and the linked Finland article?Sharon Taberskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851926241599251711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161166782894835694.post-66912510773324624652011-02-05T17:32:31.401-05:002011-02-05T17:32:31.401-05:00I watched the Ken Robinson video and would have lo...I watched the Ken Robinson video and would have loved to hear the conclusion! I think a lot of what he says is smart and right on. I also wonder about "raising standards" - as a first grade teacher sometimes I feel that a lot of what we are supposed to require of students is developmentally inappropriate. I think that in this intensely stimulating time that students live in, they Linda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556399171213366793noreply@blogger.com