Submitted by Stephen Hurley (not verified) on October 25, 2007 - 03:24.
I received an email from a colleague last night about my second blog posting. They asked for some clarification on what I meant by my second belief statement: "The current model of schooling found in most jurisdictions within North America has likely done the best job it can with our students but has reached its full potential."
This is an important one for me and I appreciate the request for clarification. Simply stated, I believe that our traditional model of schooling is limited in the effect that it can have on a student's education. I believe that we have done all we can with that model. We can't squeeze much more out of it. I believe that our reform efforts and energy should now be spent on looking for alternatives to that model.
I'll leave it at that and look forward to some response.
Some words of clarification
Submitted by Stephen Hurley (not verified) on October 25, 2007 - 03:24.
I received an email from a colleague last night about my second blog posting. They asked for some clarification on what I meant by my second belief statement: "The current model of schooling found in most jurisdictions within North America has likely done the best job it can with our students but has reached its full potential."
This is an important one for me and I appreciate the request for clarification. Simply stated, I believe that our traditional model of schooling is limited in the effect that it can have on a student's education. I believe that we have done all we can with that model. We can't squeeze much more out of it. I believe that our reform efforts and energy should now be spent on looking for alternatives to that model.
I'll leave it at that and look forward to some response.
Cheers,
stephen hurley