Changing the Status Quo - Courage to Challenge the Education System

Assessment, technology, and racial discrimination are three status quos that negatively impact the way educators teach and how students learn. The education system must change and courage is required to speak out against ideas and practices that do not work so we can improve learning for all students.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Courage and the Status Quos
Status Quos
Assessment
Technology
Racial Discrimination
Chapter 2: Battling the Assessment Monster: Status Quo One
Problems With Multiple-Choice Testing
Opting-out
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Old and New Assessments
Experiential Learning and Performance
Letting Students Take Charge of Their Education
From Students to Leaders
Chapter 3: The Tidal Wave of Technology: Status Quo Two
Pros and Cons of Technology
General Barriers in Education
PowerPoint Presentations
MOOCs
How Technology is Changing Us
Chapter 4: Stories From the Field: Status Quo Number Three
Howard Fuller
Deborah McGriff
Tony Simmons
Dawn Chavous
Chapter 5: Final Thoughts
Perseverance is the Key to Success
Get as Much Experience as Possible
Listen to Your Gut and Stand Up for What is Right
Look for Other Avenues
Build Meaningful Relationships
Don't Let the System Hold You Down
References

About the author

By Scott D. Wurdinger

Summary

Assessment, technology, and racial discrimination are three status quos that negatively impact the way educators teach and how students learn. The education system must change and courage is required to speak out against ideas and practices that do not work so we can improve learning for all students.

Product details

• Authors: Scott D Wurdinger, Scott D. Wurdinger, Wurdinger Scott D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781475840773
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-4077-3
• No. of pages: 98
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Educational strategies and policy, Education: examinations and assessment, EDUCATION / Teaching / General