That sounds like a horrible name for an equally horrible (is there any other kind?) soap opera. But that was discussed yesterday during our inservice.
Part of the day included reading some scholarly articles and then discussing them in small groups. The one I chose to read dealt with making older, traditional subjects new and fresh. In each instance, the schools examined in the article took kids out of the classroom and got them involved in the community, made the most of technology, and made sure that kids understood that what they were learning had real word application.
Now that is nothing new or revolutionairy. In fact, it reminded me of the small group reading sessions I was involved with at UND this summer where we focused on Inquiry.
As we discussed the article, a colleague brought up how much this reminded him of Outcome Based Education. He was right. Now OBE was just on the way out as I was entering college (Grad Standards and Multiculuturalism were taking its place). But those (especially the Grad Standards)fell by the wayside only to be replace by No Child Left Behind (which, too, shall pass). Could it be that the pendulum is now swinging all the way back to OBE style teaching?
How does a teacher avoid vertigo?
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