Not alone in this idea...

So I felt like I was one of the few to think that the Bruner article smacked of "I'm smarter than you" concepts, but not so.  As I waded through it, picking out this point and that, it was indeed "heavy" as we used to say way back when........but my overall view of what we are doing nowadays in education is this:  we as educators REALLY DO know what our students need as learners, but once again, those outside in the "other" world (can't be the real world...'cause that's the classroom...) decide what is important and we test to their ideas, not what the students need.  We see kids on a daily basis, we have to be teachers, learners, psychologists, counselors, sociologists, food service personnel, technology experts, sometimes even their health care technician...(notice I said technician...as that is another profession going through major changes based on someone's idea of the perfect "delivery system"....gee, babies anyone?)  So yea, we use all we have every day and every year DESPITE those in the towers of knowledge who have come up with the next "Great Idea" (based on years...and years...and years of research) to teach kids.....Just like the wheels on the bus go round and round (c'mon, you know the tune...)...so do the "new" systems of educational change.....Wait until the Common Core really kicks in......WE ARE SAVED!   (right..........)

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