Sunday, October 3, 2010

What's Wrong With Our Schools (book)

I was lent a copy of What's Wrong With Our Schools.  The lead author (Michael C. Zwaagstra) was in the clip from CBC News on 2010 September 27.  It is quite a different read from the AFL direction I've been reading.  Seems to advocate common sense.  I can't jettison all AFL ideas because of Dan Pink's revelations in Drive.  That's why there was such a kerfuffle this past week.  It was good that the Southwest School Division Director of Education pointed out that AFL ideas are central to the new provincial curriculum. That should give Mr Wall and his Department of Education (not Learning anymore) something to think about!  However, it's good to read the other side too.  Common sense doesn't always point to the truth (as Drive shows).  This book is also available from Amazon.ca.

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