I really don't have time to write this but . . . what the heck! :-)
>Eugene-- How do you propose to implement your ideas about group
>based activities in the state of california where a back to basic
>movement says scrap previous experiments in non-traditional
>reading techniques?
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>In general, how does one confront this issue productively?
Well, let me suggest a perhaps productive line of questioning.
Are both perspectives asking the same sets of questions? (beyond
the empty platitudes of how to best educate. . . )
Suppose they aren't, what sort of a "shared ground of
experience" could be appealed to in an attempt to carry out a
discussion?
I'll speculate this far, I believe that many discussions in
education fail to make progress because participants fail to
understand how vastly different are their respective conceptions
of learning.
Edouard
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: Edouard Lagache :
: A recent graduate of: :
: Special group in Science and Math Ed. (SESAME) :
: University of California, Berkeley,
lagache who-is-at violet.berkeley.edu: : Presently a
Lecturer for: :
: The Department of Human Development :
: California State University, Hayward :
: Headed to next: :
: Only the good Lord knows . . . . . :
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: The secret to patience is finding :
: something else to do in the meantime :
: Anonymous :
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