In a message dated 12/19/2002 1:56:00 PM Central Standard Time,
kdbeach@pilot.msu.edu writes:
> At the same time, that fact that it is often
> the researcher rather than the participants who are drawing out the
> connections between these makes for challenges if we want to help
> folks create connections between classroom-and say family-based
> practices in math, science, or literacy, and without having the
> "school come crashing into the home," to borrow a phrase from Ray
> McDermott.
>
King;
Why is it that there needs to be a connection between school and home
learning. Maybe it is a copout but the end of the paper I just completed I
conclude that there is no reason to do away with standardized tests but
rather they should be seen for their contextual usefulness. Schools cannot be
everything, maybe the schools best use is for enculturation and the teaching
of generic facts. Everyday life happens regardless of school. Is there a need
to have everything learned in school be compatible with everything else?
eric
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