CARTOON: What Are You In For? School + Prison - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-28T18:50:44Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/cartoon-what-are-you-in-for?groupUrl=elementaryteachers&commentId=2665237%3AComment%3A17568&groupId=2665237%3AGroup%3A4647&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYeah, we really need to hire…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-09-23:2665237:Comment:175682009-09-23T20:28:02.433ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
Yeah, we really need to hire a new PR person for education in the US, eh?
Yeah, we really need to hire a new PR person for education in the US, eh? So peculiar to an educational…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-09-22:2665237:Comment:174522009-09-22T01:51:41.482ZMarek Bennetthttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/MarekBennett
So peculiar to an educational system that emphasizes numbers and scores and penalties as the highest aggregate expression of all its parts... (I'm speaking from within the U.S. educational system.)<br />
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I know that in <a href="http://comicsinternational.ning.com/photo/09022116kelvinangela01-1?context=album&albumId=3761155%3AAlbum%3A973" target="_blank">other cultures</a>, school is seen as a gift and an opportunity to be cherished and worked for. So how do we cultivate THAT attitude with our…
So peculiar to an educational system that emphasizes numbers and scores and penalties as the highest aggregate expression of all its parts... (I'm speaking from within the U.S. educational system.)<br />
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I know that in <a href="http://comicsinternational.ning.com/photo/09022116kelvinangela01-1?context=album&albumId=3761155%3AAlbum%3A973" target="_blank">other cultures</a>, school is seen as a gift and an opportunity to be cherished and worked for. So how do we cultivate THAT attitude with our students? How do we turn the prison mentality & the onerous task of meaningless labor into an opportunity to grow, and an invitation to work hard on meaningful projects?