Quote:
Originally Posted by TSGracchus
Norrin, I'm in the process of listening to that video you linked. I have the following criticism of it:
1) The presenter confuses outcome based education (OBE) with social-goal education. The two are not identical. OBE is a method of teaching which can be used with any curriculum, while social-goal education is a specific curriculum.
|
So where does she claim that the two are one and the same?
Quote:
Originally Posted by TSGracchus
2) The implication is given that social-goal education has replaced academic education. Having recently had two children graduate from high school, I know from personal experience that this is not the case; that there is plenty of emphasis on ordinary academic studies in our schools, and hence the standardized social-goal tests that she refers to give a misimpression of education at this time.
|
I think you're misrepresenting what she's alleging, as she does not state that academics has been entirely phased out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TSGracchus
3) If the purpose of this change in our education methods -- to the extent that it is real at all -- is to "dumb down kids deliberately, making zombie-like people who don't ask any questions but just follow orders," then based on the behavior of young people today, it has been a dismal failure by its own terms.
|
Dismal failure, eh?
Yeah, our "democracy" just couldn't be any more vibrant, now could it.