ED 100 Introduction to Education |
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Overview: Is our system of education really in that much trouble? Education and the global challenge
So now we have a sense of what good teaching is... and is not... who our students are... and how our federal government is working to try to reform our system of schooling. There's another group of folks out there who are talking about a crisis in education... how our kids in this country are being left behind... how our kids can't compete in the global education race. Work through the resources below... are you alarmed by the fact that American kids get outscored on tests by kids from other countries? Are you alarmed that American kids are lazy and unwilling to work hard in school? Or do you think this is a manufactured crisis designed by policy makers?
Read and study these resources carefully and formulate some opinions... keeping the discussion questions in mind as you do. When you are ready, head to the appropriate Moodle forum to post your thoughts.
Readings:
Spend a couple hours working through resources from Education Week and their annual report called Quality Counts. This year's reports is titled The Global Challenge. Be sure to read each of these reports:
Discussions questions - each also appear in the corresponding Moodle forum:
Supplementary materials:
Now... before you move on from this unit... take a look at these resources. Yong Zhao is a friend of mine from China and is the new Dean of Global Education at the University of Oregon. He grew up in China and has some concerns about America's desire to keep up with China, Singapore, and other Asian countries. Consider these resources: