“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must we want for all children in the community. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy”
This quote by John Dewey is a rather appropriate prelude to the final chapter of Darling-Hammond’s book, Flat World and Education, where she presents five key elements which she claims would be necessary for a new educational paradigm which is committed to meaningful learning and equal opportunity. Each of the elements put forth by Darling-Hammond would contribute to resolving the concerns addressed by John Dewey.
Darling-Hammond suggests our government should implement more supportive accountability strategies in order to ensure that our students have ample opportunities to learn while instituting a means of evaluating and improving our curriculum.
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Patrick
5/31/2017 01:03:04 pm
I really like what you said about how educational improvement should exist for new and experienced teachers. With our curriculum changing at least once a decade, experienced teachers often need training just as much as the teachers coming fresh out of the program!. I love the notion of teachers who push themselves not just try to be "good enough" to hang in there. I'm sure there are cultural implications there.
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