tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post8315240542529901602..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: Jargon FileTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-54593038093095892862010-01-30T10:54:36.700-05:002010-01-30T10:54:36.700-05:00Good point. I was thinking of it mostly from a re...Good point. I was thinking of it mostly from a researchers point of view, but that feeling must be even more acute from a teacher's point of viewDaniel Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885916528215868949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-12014931421457032512010-01-30T07:59:19.527-05:002010-01-30T07:59:19.527-05:00Daniel,
Yes, I agree with you that the dismissal ...Daniel,<br /><br />Yes, I agree with you that the dismissal of professional educational terminology as "jargon," as if teachers' work is so simple they shouldn't need any specific terminology to describe it.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-91590556380846981322010-01-29T20:43:53.518-05:002010-01-29T20:43:53.518-05:00On one hand I resent the way that education is the...On one hand I resent the way that education is the one profession where new ideas routinenly get dismissed as "jargon". I recently read a list of new "edubuzz" by a conservative columnist that include the term "formative assessment." When I go to dinner parties I have to pretend that some guy who listens to Rush Limbaugh and who went to school spout off about how all the things that my colleauges and I study (like formative assessment) are just fads, but I have to bit my tounge when I want to warn him that investing in companies that sell dogfood or tires over the web is just a "fad". This really happened to me. <br /><br />On the other hand I love the jagon watch too. Here is the best one that I guarantee you will be hearing: Resetting. When Indiana's Republican governor tried to gut the teaching requirements so that anybody with a degree could become a teacher (or even a superintendent), he described it as "resetting". Now they are resetting budgets too: http://bit.ly/c90fjHDaniel Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885916528215868949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-72699172409282946902010-01-28T19:58:41.108-05:002010-01-28T19:58:41.108-05:00No excuses is a great tool for the fascistically i...No excuses is a great tool for the fascistically inclined. Use it with the kids to bully them, "You will meet our standards, there are no excuses."<br />If that doesn't work, use it with the teachers. "All children can learn, so there are NO EXCUSES for you having kids failing in your class."<br />When all else fails, use it with parents, "There is no excuse for you allowing your child to fail." <br /><br />Repeat daily, and you could get through a two-year tenure as an administrator. If you get lucky, you get a new, better job in a new district based on your "no excuses" approach. If you get REALLY lucky, they do a movie about your "inspirational leadership, blah, blah, blah."Leroy's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839945290918777434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-19606119746137152912010-01-28T15:43:08.640-05:002010-01-28T15:43:08.640-05:00"All children can learn" is an oldie but..."All children can learn" is an oldie but a goodie, as an example of something whose meaning seems entirely based on one's role.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-49238077964584405312010-01-28T15:42:07.498-05:002010-01-28T15:42:07.498-05:00"No excuses" is good because I still hav..."No excuses" is good because I still have no idea what it is supposed to mean. "Non-negotiable" is good too. Perhaps that's what you talk about in a courageous conversation.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-35945367046295695152010-01-28T15:28:12.740-05:002010-01-28T15:28:12.740-05:00I'll reccommend the following:
From Business ...I'll reccommend the following:<br /><br />From Business School:<br /><br />1. No excuses (yeah I know it's obvious, but that's why it deserves a place).<br /><br />2. Courageous conversations (which at a site I worked at was a wonderful excuse for verbal bullying)<br /><br />From Ed types:<br /><br />1. Direct Kinesthetic Commands (telling kids, "get in a straight line, with your hands at your side," instead of saying something vague like, "line up nicely");<br /><br />2. Backwards mapping of the standards which is a really fancy way of saying, "teaching to the test questions"Leroy's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839945290918777434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-2071968045012193112010-01-28T08:43:34.987-05:002010-01-28T08:43:34.987-05:00A few years ago, while at a conference, a group of...A few years ago, while at a conference, a group of us went to a bar every night to listen to a band and have a few drinks. Each night a different band was advertised, and each night the same guitarist/vocalist came up with a different group. One night after he introduced a song, one of his bandmates said he didn't know that one, the guitarist turned around and told him "Same tune, different words". <br />This is how I feel about education jargon and the "reforms" that come around every few years, same tune different words.Ted Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059106781898185837noreply@blogger.com