tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post7784743648404706902..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: Today's School Reformers Less Empathetic, TooTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-7961439378575363962010-05-28T23:10:17.304-04:002010-05-28T23:10:17.304-04:00Bill,
We're kind of beyond that point right n...Bill,<br /><br />We're kind of beyond that point right now in the US. What I'm thinking of now is more the "OK, we're going to close X schools now, and quite frankly, the less we know about the schools we're closing the better," thing we're doing at the moment.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-57872309522334261112010-05-28T20:45:51.995-04:002010-05-28T20:45:51.995-04:00Empathy is one essential factor but programs such ...Empathy is one essential factor but programs such as Engelmann's Direct Instruction are often accused of lacking empathy although they seem to be effective. This article (<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/scripted-lessons-start-a-classroom-revival-20100528-wlba.html?rand=1275054515639" rel="nofollow">Scripted lessons start a classroom revival</a>) provides evidence of such methods turning around the situation in one of the most disadvantaged educational communities in Australia. It can be hard to work out where good intentions end and tough love begins.Bill Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-9485859277613832852010-05-28T13:04:05.180-04:002010-05-28T13:04:05.180-04:00That is one of the things that strikes me about te...That is one of the things that strikes me about teaching at both the high school and university levels... how cynical the students are! The stereotype of the idealistic student naively trying to change the world bears no resemblance to reality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346337944266626239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-9548663311451523682010-05-28T11:55:41.461-04:002010-05-28T11:55:41.461-04:00"There is a willfully unfeeling hardness now ..."There is a willfully unfeeling hardness now that you wouldn't have seen fifteen or twenty years ago, which may be an extension of the phenomenon described in this study."<br /><br />This is something that has been nagging at me for some time. The hardness you describe, both in education issues as well as immigration, poverty, and such. This study is fascinating.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.com