[xmca] Fwd: TCRecord: Dewey, Aesthetics, Motivation, and Educative Experiences

[Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

looks VERY relevant to recent xmca discussions.
mike

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From: Teachers College Record <noreply@tcrecord.org>
Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Subject: TCRecord: Dewey, Aesthetics, Motivation, and Educative Experiences
To: mcole@ucsd.edu


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Articles
 Beyond Control and Rationality: Dewey, Aesthetics, Motivation, and
Educative Experiences <http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12740>
by David Wong
 Contemporary perspectives in psychology and education often characterize
ideal students as rational and in control of their thinking and actions.
However, deeply engaging, educative experiences are all but impossible
unless there is also activity in the realm of the non-rational and the
"opposite of control."

 Narrative Inquiries of Geographically Close Schools: Stories Given, Lived,
and Told <http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12739>
by Cheryl J. Craig
 Using the "story constellations" version of narrative inquiry, I tell of
two schools-Cochrane Academy and Hardy Academy-that evolved from a shared
social narrative history and that were given stories of school and stories
of reform that had many features in common.


 Book Reviews
 Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World
Learns <http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15485>
 by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W. Johnson
reviewed by Gary Natriello
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 Americans All: The Cultural Gifts
Movement<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15468>
 by Diana Selig
reviewed by Robert C. Bannister
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 Augustine and Liberal
Education<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15481>
 by Kim Paffenroth and Kevin L. Hughes (Eds.)
reviewed by Daniel Hendrickson
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 Transforming Education for
Peace<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15480>
 by Jing Lin, Edward J. Brantmeier, and Christina Bruhn (Eds.)
reviewed by Claire Bischoff
 After Ed This Week <http://www.tcrecord.org>


Look for AfterEd <http://aftered.tv/>'s report on Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan.


 Commentaries
 The SAT Optional
Difference<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15432>
by Laurence Bunin
America's institutions of higher education are on the leading edge of
forging the next generation of professionals who will compete in a world
unlike that of our parents. The students of today will be competing on a
global stage that demands rigor of thought, creativity and performance. In
order for them to succeed, we must maintain high educational standards and
give students every opportunity to demonstrate their potential. Colleges and
universities need every tool at their disposal in order to meet these
challenges, and the SAT has a clear role to play in this effort.
  College Admissions Tests: Destructive Icons or Useful
Tools?<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15431>
by Philip Ballinger
This commentary seeks to frame the current debate about the use and misuses
of undergraduate college admissions tests -- particularly the SAT and ACT.
The author was a member of the National Association for College Admission
Counseling's *Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate
Admissions*. In the commentary, the author presents some of the primary
concerns of the Commission using the guiding images of 'icon' and 'tool'.
The author gives some examples of test-use practices underlying the
Commission's concerns as well as some of its responsive recommendations.
Finally, the author states continuing support for the use of these tests at
some institutions only if their original and essential nature as tools can
be restored.
 Call for Proposals - NSSE Yearbooks to Join
TCR<http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15422>by
Gary Natriello
The editors of TCR announce a call for proposals for future volumes of the
NSSE Yearbooks.


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