75. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
76. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
77. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
78. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
79. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
I’m appearing to accept an
odious premise—namely,
that joy must be justified as
a means to the end of
better academic
performance. Not so:
It’s an end in itself.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
97. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
98. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
99. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.
100. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.
D. Not do it at all.
104. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
105. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and
become more proficient at making sense of the
environment in which they live, their world seems to
become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and
becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need
for play.”
“As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant
change and flux, we believe that connecting play
and imagination may be the single most important
step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”
122. The greatest digital divide is
between those who can read
and write with media, and
those who can't.
Elizabeth Daly
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