How Teachers Learn

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Standards for Robust and Effective Professional Development

Stuffing Technology into the Curriculum

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by Jamie McKenzie http://www.fno.org/jun04/stuffit.html Stuffing Technology into the Curriculum - ficheiro com resumo

The point of this article is quite simple. We should emphasize learning goals and strategies when planning lessons. We should then select tools that match purpose.Those who impose technology integration from above should stop doing so.Those who create empires around ICT should desist and should instead expect that curriculum planners within the areas of social studies, math, science, language arts and the fine arts will make smart choices of technologies as they might blend naturally and comfortably into the content areas.Policy makers should back off the pressure to integrate tools that are often imperfect and disappointing,. They should consider rewarding the discerning use of new tools in concert with classical tools. We might do our best to avoid folly lest we end up like Shakespeare warned with a “tale told by an idot signifying nothing.”

Planning Good Change

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Making Good Change
Happen

Chapter One of Planning Good Change

To be released in January, 2001.

© 2000 Jamie McKenzie
about the author

 It is easy to make change. Change happens. Even if we sit still…do nothing… change happens. It is more difficult to make good change. Change that makes life better. Change that endures. Change that persists.  Quando as escolas põem o carro à frente dos bois, gastando a maioria do seu dinheiro em equipamento e em redes em detrimento do desenvolvimento profissional, de programas de desenvolvimento, do apoio técnico e do “total cost of ownership” (van Dam, 1999), é possível que acordem com pouco para mostrar do seu pesado investimento. 

 “Not much has changed.”

Relato de um caso real da escola “Millennium Elementary School”, que investiu em equipamento e que não houve qualquer mudança de práticas.

  

Não houve investimento no desenvolvimento profissional

 “Millennium has the best scores, the best teaching and the best community support of all the elementary schools in this district. These teachers will not do anything that might undermine that performance.”  

Refere dados de um relatório  Trotter, Andrew. “Preparing Teachers For the Digital Age.” Technology Counts ’99. Education Week, 1999. September 23, 1999.
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc99/articles/teach.htm   

Faz referência à tentative de alterar o sistema de ensino da matemática e das ciências na altura que os russos enviaram o Sputnik e do fracasso que foi:

  Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.  

George Santayana

  Apresenta os Basic Principles to Guide Change Efforts:  

1. Para que ocorra uma boa mudança é necessário um foco com um possível propósito que ganhe uma ampla aceitação.

 Without the enthusiastic endorsement of the teachers in a building, not much change is likely to occur. To win this endorsement, the innovation being proposed must promise outcomes and benefits that match the daily realities, concerns and desires of the staff. In the case of educational technologies, there is often a vacuum when it comes to educational purpose. We too often network because it is “the thing to do.” Teachers usually look askance at such efforts.

1. Para que ocorra uma boa mudança é necessário o cultivo e o compromisso dos interessados-chave dentro da comunidade de escola, especialmente os professores de sala de aula.

  

1. Para que ocorra uma boa mudança é necessária uma instalação estratégica e equilibrada dos recursos.

  

1. Para que ocorra uma boa mudança é necessário tempo longe da “pressão diária” de ensinar.

 If districts expect to see broad-based adoption of new technologies, they must provide 30-60 hours yearly for teachers to meet, to learn and to invent classroom units. 

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