Posts by 81stcolumn
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
Low light in the morning
-
Not evil, just a bit sad Apple opts out of green certification. This would be just like the rest, but an important point gets made over the legitamacy of Apple in education. Something I have questioned for several years now.
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/07/06/apple-removes-green-electronics-certification-from-products/ from @mikeloukides
-
The discovery of the Higgs Boson, by contrast, required millions of man-hours and billions of dollars spent.
And what a magnificent endorsement of Science as an enterprise.
"give us sh*tloads of money, we know what we are doing"
The enlightened leaders did on our behalf and the scientists proved they could be trusted.
Now on to the interpretation of science and how to test for trustworthy financiers and corporate leaders.
-
I don't know if this fits but I always enjoy a good Auckland sunsplash.
-
Done :-)
-
Liking this plenty...
Page numbers dither between 3&4 with the same number of posts on the blame thread.
Srsly dude would have no problem with a donate button.
-
Agreed but engagement is like water; easy to waste without the right tools. And I would not be the first to admit to falling for that one. The other problem is that likeability/engagement is often tied to expectancy effects.
-
Are you sure? My guess is that such measures exist, they may not be simplistic enough for politicians or herald editors though.
Kind of question it might be worth asking a graduate with a degree in education.
Hmmm trust me this is harder than it looks most measures conflate likeability with effectiveness.
As for tools for assessing quality in HE the majority of those employed do not meet basic requirements of measurement; not least because they are anonymous and therefore direct links to student achievement are hard to make.
Management don't care as much as they should about this
-
Ross -
Ta for the list. Interestingly it was the feedback study I had the most issue with as Hattie lumps Motor-skill research in with Ed research. I seem to also recall that he makes no distiction between long/short term effects and concepts such as task transfer.
-
I think I understand this to mean, leaving to one side the data, your concern is what specific factors are measured? I agree. I'm also concerned that, so far as I can tell, the research focuses only on assessments against standard curriculum (I think). This doesn't capture nearly enough about the experience of education for me.
Agreed. I don't have said book to hand but I don't think the criteria for all the analyses were anything like as stringent as to be placed against standard curriculum.
... If you don't understand that most teachers are motivated differently (and often work best cooperatively) you're very unlikely to ever push the right buttons.
Oooh yes performance related pay would certainy break the collegial staffroom. The solution as you imply is to return ownership to teachers rather than testers, but there are no political points in that is there.
