In an editorial published by the Houston (TX, US) Chronicle, Ashley Herzog takes direct aim at schools’ oft-expressed interest in promoting self-esteem. The opinion piece is entitled, “No Way to Succeed: The flaws of the self-esteem fad: Research doesn’t justify obsession in U.S. schools.” Here’s her lead:
“Self-esteem,” it seems, is the 1990s fad that just won’t die. A few weeks ago, a newspaper based in Athens, Ohio (where my school, Ohio University, is located) ran a story about a new feel-good program at nearby Amesville Elementary School. Fittingly dubbed Amesville Rocks, the program is designed “to make the kids feel important,” in the words of one school employee. In accordance with the theme of self-adulation, the article described how the whole school applauded themselves “as if it were the Academy Awards.”
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The Association for Behavior Analysis International opened on-line registration for the 2008 Education Conference “Evidence-Based Practice, Scientifically Based Instruction, and Educational Effectiveness.” The conference, which will be held 5-7 September 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston (VA, US) near Washington D.C., features lots of potentially valuable presentations.
* Anthony Biglan: Teacher Stress and Collegiality: Overlooked Factors in the Effort to Promote Evidence-Based Practices
* Ronnie Detrich: Evidence-Based Education: Can We Get There from Here?
* Robert H. Horner: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices at Socially Important Scales
* Lynn Okagaki: Solution Driven Research
* Timothy Slocum: Sources of Evidence-Based Education Recommendations
* W. David Tilly III: Nailing the Educational Pendulum to the Wall
* Hill M. Walker: Critical Issues in the Use of Randomized Clinical Trials and Control Groups Within Applied Settings: Rationale, Challenges and Benefits
* Susan M. Wilczynski: The Role of Single Subject Research Design in Establishing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
* Amanda VanDerHeyden: Using RTI to Accomplish System Change
Here are relevant links to the program, registration, and hotel reservations.
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The Consortium to Prevent School Violence has launched its Web site. There’s a note on EBD Blog giving more information.
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Our tour of the Republic of Korea has been wonderful. The temples, the foods, and (especially) the people have been quite delightful. Although Pat Lloyd and I have been seeing some sights, I’ve also been meeting with special educators in Changwon, Busan, and Seoul.
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In case you missed the earlier post regarding the series of presentations at the April 2007 meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, here’s a reminder that you can obtain copies of the passouts for the presentations right here at Teach Effectively!
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In something that I found quite rewarding, Teachers College of Columbia University published a feature article about R. Douglas Greer, a professor whose work I’ve long admired. Why did I find it rewarding? Well, it’s pretty rare that people advocating a behavioral approach to teaching receive much recognition, but Professor Greer’s work richly deserves such commendation.
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I’ve added a copy of the slides for the presentation by Charles Hughes and Donald Deshler to the list of availble documents available on the page covering RTI issues. Please see “RtI Commentaries” in the navigation element under “pages.”
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I had the pleasure of hosting a series of important presentations on the currently hot topic of response to intervention at the 20 April meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children in Louisville. I have posted a page providing links for PDFs of many of these presentations. As I can get the others uploaded, I shall post additional entries reminding folks of where to find these papers. If you are reading this page on the Teach Effectively! then you can find a link to the page in in the section of the navigation element headed “Pages.” For a direct link, click here.
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