Re(2): Re(2): drive-thru education (not)

Katherine Goff (Katherine_Goff who-is-at ceo.cudenver.edu)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 14:41:34 -0700

Louise writes:
>My view on the transformation occurring in education today is that there
>is
>widespread popular dissatisfaction with school as usual, and so there's
>much interest in looking at alternatives. This movement is occurring on
>many fronts, from individual to family to corporate to national. I don't
>see any one hand behind it, but I see a confluence of many forces. My
>question is: Why is this transformation drawing such heated rejection from
>education faculty, and why is their rejection mischaracterizing it so
>completely?

i wonder about this, too.
it's allowing (but how could we prevent it?) another finger into the pie
of education.
in one perspective business _could_ be seen as a competitor for the
development and implimentation of curriculum. but there _are_ other
perspectives.
if we step outside the competitive framework, i still think there are
positive possibilites for working _with_ business (instead of against it.)
and parents. and universities. and the media. and the students themselves.
and the classroom teachers. and, and, and,...

kathie

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