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7 thoughts on “Thoughts on the Standards”
I opine that s/he who learns to communicate at a high level in the language can’t help but begin to acquire culture as a result.
Communication is king.
YES! It seems so obvious. Not that I could have stated with such exquisite clarity as Nathaniel, so maybe reading his words made it super obvious. I have always had issues with the 5 c’s for the same reason as Ben states. Of course they are all threaded into communication, but somehow they are presented as separate chunks / lists to check off, and this is where it feels inauthentic to me. And it’s also been a huge source of me feeling inadequate as a teacher, especially in the early years, because I was never one of those piñata-making teachers. Of course, nothing against piñatas or teachers who make them…I just always felt less than because I never did that stuff 🙂
I have never felt more frustrated and out of my element as when I tried to do cute cultural projects.
My best years teaching have been when I gleefully abandoned projects.
Agreed. I hate that feeling walking around a busy classroom and knowing for a fact that nobody is really learning anything.
But your administrator THINKS they are! And then you see afterwards what a waste of 4 days of class that had been. That was me 5 years ago.
Yeah, other people agree with you. See here: http://jameshosler.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-c-through-other-four.html