http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/02/02/time-to-know-changing-classrooms/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/02/02/time-to-know-changing-classrooms/comment-page-1/#comment-40415 Zac Chase Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:22:20 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4598#comment-40415 Wait, so both of these statements are true? "Time To Know discovered from its pilots that American teachers stuck to the structured curriculum, while Israeli teachers took advantage of the flexibility at their disposal and enriched the curriculum with external materials." and " Teachers also reported an increased sense of empowerment to guide and support the learning process." So, the teachers felt empowered, but didn't feel the need to utilize that empowerment. Just knowing it was there was enough. I don't reject the idea outright. I mean, SLA abides by both the Infrastructure and Support & Professional Services tenets of Time to Know. After that, we jump the track a bit. My real concern is that this might be held up as an example of the ideal of teacher as facilitator rathe than teacher. It seems a bit of a stagnant use of the most experienced person in the room. Thank you for posting. It's certainly got me thinking. Wait, so both of these statements are true? “Time To Know discovered from its pilots that American teachers stuck to the structured curriculum, while Israeli teachers took advantage of the flexibility at their disposal and enriched the curriculum with external materials.”
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” Teachers also reported an increased sense of empowerment to guide and support the learning process.”
So, the teachers felt empowered, but didn’t feel the need to utilize that empowerment. Just knowing it was there was enough.
I don’t reject the idea outright. I mean, SLA abides by both the Infrastructure and Support & Professional Services tenets of Time to Know. After that, we jump the track a bit.
My real concern is that this might be held up as an example of the ideal of teacher as facilitator rathe than teacher. It seems a bit of a stagnant use of the most experienced person in the room.
Thank you for posting. It’s certainly got me thinking.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/02/02/time-to-know-changing-classrooms/comment-page-1/#comment-36412 Lynn Rasmussen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:36:32 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4598#comment-36412 Do you have better terms for putting out a worldwide curriculum in lessons in subject areas in grade levels complete with teacher controls and assessment? Sounds like factory system gone corporate to me. I agree completely with your reasoning, but not your language. All of life is systemic. Social interaction results in organic, self-organizing systems, like communities. Distinguishing types of systems is important. Systems science, its taxonomy, vocabulary, and tools hasn't quite formed up yet. It's coming. It's a self-organizing process. Do you have better terms for putting out a worldwide curriculum in lessons in subject areas in grade levels complete with teacher controls and assessment? Sounds like factory system gone corporate to me.
I agree completely with your reasoning, but not your language. All of life is systemic. Social interaction results in organic, self-organizing systems, like communities.
Distinguishing types of systems is important. Systems science, its taxonomy, vocabulary, and tools hasn’t quite formed up yet. It’s coming. It’s a self-organizing process.

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