Liam Julian, who writes for the Fordham-sponsored Education Gadfly, has an editorial in the 20 December issue that amounts to a call for employing Direct Instruction. In “Check yourself before you wreck yourself,” Mr. Julian writes about the utility of checklists. He explains that when doctors use specific, scripted methods they are not criticized for doing so, but that many educators complain about scripted instructional methods.
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Daily Archive for December 29th, 2007
TMAO, who blogs at Teaching in the 408, has a post discussing the semi-professional position into which many teachers feel they are pushed. TMAO proposes that abolition of some constraints (e.g., tenure) and adoption of some form of merit pay will help professionalize teaching. To be treated like a profession, though, teaching will almost certainly have to adopt some fundamental professional behaviors. As TMAO notes, some form of accountability is required. Also, professional decision-making is needed.
I’m reminded of Doug Carnine’s paper, “Why Education Experts Resist Effective Practices (And What It Would Take to Make Education More Like Medicine),” in which similar sorts of issues are discussed. However the thrust there is more toward the decision-making side than the pay-advancement side.
Link to TMAO’s ledge post and to a PDF of Doug’s paper.
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