Content v/s Essential Questions.
" Typical curriculum frameworks emphazise lists of discrete content knowledge and skills. This has the effect of sublty encourage teachers to "cover" things in a mechanistic and overly didactic way that we now is less engaging, coherentm and effective..." (280)
To be realistic we do not plan our sillabi or programmes paying or even formulating essential questions.. It is true the fact that teachers tend to cover the contents; and probably that is why teacher plan programmes in such a way... easier and faster. we cannot deny that.
Starting to formulate essential questions to setlle the basis of our programmes is not a priority for teachers who have hundreds of tests to check, and classes to give. Asking such questions IS a good idea, but how possible is? There it is the main reason why we are planning based on coursebooks or discrete contents. Covering is indeed a help for the teacher with all the work that has to be done. However, I believe that we need to start changing things if we want better education for our children. I know it is really difficult to change, but I think we must start now.
I don't think we, teachers, could change things. Yet, we are pointed at as responsible for bad results in education. What can we do when we are not given time to plan and are even scarcely paid for the time we are in the classrooms?
ResponderEliminarI think changes in Education should be oriented to involve all the participants in the process. We need to see evidence of the willingness of the government to promote a good quality of education for everyone.
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