Re: [xmca] James Banks' talk / LIFE Center

Thanks, David.
I'll check the site.
Lois

On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:38 PM, David Shaenfield wrote:

>
> I was at the Banks' talk and got the same message. The panel spoke
> on the consensus report recently released by the Learning in
> Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) center.
> Principles:
> http://life-slc.org/?p=613
> Details:
> http://life-slc.org/?p=498
>
> take care,
> David
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lois Holzman <lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org>
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:54:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [xmca] What new and interesting?
>
> I don't know if it qualifies as a model, but there is also what is
> referred to as supplemental education by Gordon and his colleagues,
> and complementary learning by the Harvard Family Research Group—the
> basic idea being that it is outside of school opportunities that make
> the difference. The range is pretty big—quality structured programs
> like The Fifth Dimension, museum going, family trips, camps, cultural
> and sports events and lessons, etc. The philosophical writings on
> identity and race and cosmopolitanism by Appiah (which I like very
> much) also resonate here.
> I wasn't there, but I heard that James Banks' talk at AERA suggested
> that if kids are learning outside of school more than in school maybe
> ed researchers should pay attention. Can someone who heard his talk
> fill in (and correct me if I got it wrong)?
> Lois
>
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:45 AM, ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org wrote:
>
>>
>> The big push in american public schools is to "close the achievement
>> gap."
>> This means that there is a discrepancy in achievement when test
>> scores of
>> one racial group are compared with another racial group. What is it
>> that
>> we know about the cause of this and how many different answers have
>> been
>> given in trying to explain it? Are we using the correct tool for
>> measuring
>> the achievement gap? We have Feuerstein's model, we have Freier's
>> model
>> and then we have the NCLB model. Seeing as the first two models are
>> outside the circle of funding it is obvious what model will be
>> provided the
>> public schools in the U.S. My new and interesting thought is that
>> given
>> the reality of how public schools are funded and that NCLB will not
>> go away
>> any time soon, how can the 5th dimension research be expanded so it
>> can
>> have influence on closing the achievement gap?
>>
>> respectfully,
>>
>> eric
>>
>> P.S. Paula I hope you choose to introduce your new research soon.
>>
>>
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