tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post115394152777002067..comments2024-03-27T07:16:25.551-05:00Comments on Dewey's Treehouse: Teaching to StandardsMama Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06941211100125966917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-1155082574998502082006-08-08T19:16:00.000-05:002006-08-08T19:16:00.000-05:00as an online tutor and 'sometimes teachers' i valu...as an online tutor and 'sometimes teachers' i value the use of standards a basic guide to socialisation. <BR/><BR/>the skills needed to navigate our western industrialised and technologic enviornments are unique to our culture. however, it would be lax to provide access only to western ways of thinking and values. there are many ways of seeing the world and of expereincing the self. <BR/><BR/>support for ongoing learning and devlopment of teachers, students, homeschoolers etc could enable more flexibility as to the choice of content to meet goals (standards). <BR/><BR/>Chayne<BR/>psychmatters.blogspot.comChar Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574262703875632001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-1155059772297873492006-08-08T12:56:00.000-05:002006-08-08T12:56:00.000-05:00Excellent post! The thing to get homeschoolers to...Excellent post! The thing to get homeschoolers to understand is that the list of standards is merely a tool, not the education itself. <BR/><BR/>-genaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-1155040279577453912006-08-08T07:31:00.000-05:002006-08-08T07:31:00.000-05:00I hear what you're saying, but as a Waldorf-inspir...I hear what you're saying, but as a Waldorf-inspired homeschooler, I find my curriculum ladders pretty valuable. I have absolutely no plan to teach *everything*--that's impossible. And threads often pop up on the homeschooling boards that I'm on about "gaps" in education, as if there can be such a thing. OK, I'm not teaching about the Peloponnesian War, but if I want to learn about them, I can. <BR/><BR/>What I want to teach my kids is not just the curriculum I've chosen, but that when they have other interests, how to pursue them. We learn about how to look things up, how to be excited about a project, how to really get lost in learning. And that's not something that can be standardized, nor is it something that one curriculum can claim to do better than another. It's just an attitude towards learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com