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Raising Kids With A Wild Side
Hi Mike, I have been working with a mentor on writing about compliance. I am suggesting that society, and most certainly schools, look at rebellion in a negative way, I would like to suggest that ...
Replied Oct 18
Raising Kids With A Wild Side
I love your comparison to cooking !! I understand!! Have you ever looked at Marion Brady's work? He posts here from time to time? His web site is marionbrady.com and his curriculum that is availabl...
Replied Oct 14
Raising Kids With A Wild Side
" The queen in Rebellion" I have been thinking about rebellion lately and how it is often looked at with disdain, especially in a school setting. I am thinking that what is much worse that rebellio...
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Raising Kids With A Wild Side
Thank you so much for sharing your students comments. It is all about thinking for yourself and coming up with " authentic " work. So many just want to find someone else's work and patten their wor...
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HI Connie, Thank you so much for the direction. I am always open, I am not totally in sync with this type of communication. I like it and want to improve.:))
I appreciate the members here and feel it is a great benefit to my learning.
Cindy,
Thanks so much for this post. I read it on my iPod touch at the airport, and shared it with the folks I was traveling with. Very good essay, indeed.
I like that you and Mike are exchanging ideas. There might be a very fruitful collaboration...
You are welcome, I am happy to share what we have, our goal is to influence a better education for all, in whatever part we can contribute. This think/action tank is in Michigan, but we have people working in other states too. It is a great group
Sorry :)) I did not proof my post and I see silly errors. I think the point is still there.
That is what happens when I rush. My brain goes faster then my fingers :))
We have researched the laws here and found that an understanding of the law is not common among most school folks, they have really had no reason to study them. What we found is that we can do somethings under current law and we have started worki...
You are welcome, I love Marion's work. He has been of great help to me.
We are doing something about it in Michigan. I hosted a meeting of the minds this summer, Marion took part. I am also in a think/action tank and we are making great progress. ...
Hi All.... hope everyone is doing well.
Thanks for posting this cindy and thanks for writing it Marion!!
This hits home for me.... once we began down this road, the road we continue to go down, we are in the wrong jungle. The standards movement ...
Hi All, in case some of you did not see this, I thought I would share Marion's latest article.
MEMO TO THE MEMBERS OF MY PROFESSION
"We have met the enemy, and he is us," said Pogo.
We educators should make the wise little opossum from Walt ...
Good luck Connie, I wish I could be there to listen. I am in a think tank that is charged with creating " on paper" the perfect school". We then will explain the road blocks preventing it from happening and we seem to have the ear of some folks wh...
Hi Cindy,
Thanks for posting news of this article. I'm using it today in a class; we'll be reviewing the current status of testing in American schools, looking at how storage and use of student test scores is dramatically increasing. We'll be thin...
Last week I posted an article about raising kids with a wild streak. To use a little humor to make a point, perhaps if we did as the author suggests, the result would be a college app. letter something like this...................
The author, Hu...
An excellent article, indeed!
Thank you, Marion, for the thought-provoking article. I'm going to bring it to my grad class today. We'll have quite a discussion!
Can we post it here on Fireside? Marion, is that possible?
MIke, Each and everyone of these are fantastic!! Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful poems. The one " we are not here to take prisoners", I am thinking of the kids coming to the virtual learning locations to try once more. to find a niche f...
Hi All,
Marion Brady, who I see on Fireside from time to time, has a great article about Race to the Top in today's Washington Post in the education section. Here is the link, it is excellent.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-...
In the early 1990's, I moved to Washington, DC and ended up on the "temp-agency" circuit. One of my assignments was with the National Institutes of Health, in the lab of Craig Venter, who was just beginning to turn genomics on its ear.
While work...
Hi Mike,
I have been working with a mentor on writing about compliance. I am suggesting that society, and most certainly schools, look at rebellion in a negative way, I would like to suggest that much worse then rebellion is compliance. I think t...
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- I am hoping to partner with others to create a more learner centered education for all. An personalized learning plan that provides relevance to what is learned. A new way of assessing the talents of learners with less emphasis on what can't be done and more emphasis on what can be done.
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Marion Brady's article in Washinton Post on Nov 17th
Hi All, in case some of you did not see this, I thought I would share Marion's latest article.
MEMO TO THE MEMBERS OF MY PROFESSION
"We have met the enemy, and he is us," said Pogo.
We educators should make the wise little opossum from Walt Kelly's comic strip our mascot.
The single, worst, shoot-yourself-in-the-foot act that contributed to our loss of control of education reform happened about 20 years ago. That's when leaders of business and industry, convinced that educators either did… Continue
MEMO TO THE MEMBERS OF MY PROFESSION
"We have met the enemy, and he is us," said Pogo.
We educators should make the wise little opossum from Walt Kelly's comic strip our mascot.
The single, worst, shoot-yourself-in-the-foot act that contributed to our loss of control of education reform happened about 20 years ago. That's when leaders of business and industry, convinced that educators either did… Continue
Posted on November 22, 2009 at 10:04am — 9 Comments
follow up to " raising kids with a wild streak"
Last week I posted an article about raising kids with a wild streak. To use a little humor to make a point, perhaps if we did as the author suggests, the result would be a college app. letter something like this...................
The author, Hugh Gallagher, now attends NYU.
ESSAY: IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU H… Continue
The author, Hugh Gallagher, now attends NYU.
ESSAY: IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU H… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 10:26pm —
Marion Brady's article appears in today's Washinton Post
Hi All,
Marion Brady, who I see on Fireside from time to time, has a great article about Race to the Top in today's Washington Post in the education section. Here is the link, it is excellent.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/educator-race-to-the-top-is-be.html
Marion Brady, who I see on Fireside from time to time, has a great article about Race to the Top in today's Washington Post in the education section. Here is the link, it is excellent.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/educator-race-to-the-top-is-be.html
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 7:43pm — 3 Comments
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- At 8:26pm on October 25, 2009,
Eemah Martha said… 
- At 10:18pm on September 10, 2009,
cindy fadel said…
- If it is possible to have a curriculum for this philosophy of education, it is surely Marion Brady's " Integrated Systems" curriculum, available free of change on his website. It is the closest thing I have seen to a guide that facilitates this type of learning.
- At 10:11pm on September 10, 2009,
cindy fadel said…
- Hi Mike,
Thanks for asking. Unschooling may have a bit different definition to each person. I think the one common thread for most unschoolers is that we believe if you get in touch with the world around you, and become an observer of your would, learning happens holistically and is driven by desire. This starts at birth. Do we teach our babies to walk and eat, no they discover it!! If a child is given freedom to explore and be in touch with what Rudolf Steiner calls " free will" learning will be a natural desire and instinct and will lead one toward their passion. Learning will be holistic and joyful. From my own experience, it can be almost magical.
If you look at Rudolf Steiner's work and the writings of John Holt they do a wonderful job of leading the way to unschooling. It is really a lifestyle where families learn together seizing curiosity and savoring it.
Sometimes the attempt to " educate someone" can strip them of this quest for discovery and passion. If that happens Ivan Illich does a wonderful job of leading us back to discovery.
Because an unschooler does not rely upon text books to " teach " in individual subjects but rather find the relevance by using a seamless approach of application in real world experience and observation, many see us as doing " nothing " when in fact we are engaged in DOING.
- At 9:49pm on September 10, 2009,
Mike said…
- Hi Cindy... hope this finds you well and welcome...
Please share with us a bit about un-schooling.... love the term!
be well...mike
- At 11:08am on September 7, 2009,
Connie Weber said…
- Hi Cindy,
Welcome!
Learner-centered education? How radical. ;-)
Let's get talking about ideas--your experience will add a lot to the mix here.
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