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Teaching: Art or Science?

Posted by Aaron Eden ⋅ July 27, 2012 ⋅ 11 Comments

It was posited to me recently that an internal professional development system for teachers designed to foster discussion about teaching and learning fits within the “teaching-as-intellectual-pursuit” model (“science” for short here), as opposed to the “teaching as art” model. To this person’s credit, this suggestion was more a musing than a statement of fact, but … Continue reading →

No Independent Thought or Discussion Allowed in AP Class!

Posted by zoeweil ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 8 Comments

A friend’s daughter is taking Advanced Placement (AP) World History. During class she and another student got into an engaged discussion about a topic they were studying that both had passionate feelings about and which both were prepared to discuss respectfully and knowledgeably. One had made a statement with which the other had disagreed and … Continue reading →