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There appear to be a couple of ways to post/link audio files in a ning.
One is to upload the audio file to blog post using the "Upload a file" button. Then simply copy and paste the resulting basic html code including the ning file refere...
Our persistent enthrallment with Bloom's taxonomy is a curiosity that escapes understanding.
• Bloom attempted to apply rationality to conversations about cognition, generally considered an irrational process, and to categorize educational goals a...
I just came across your post today and am not sure if you remain interested in this topic. If you are, here are some resources:
Alfie Kohn, Abusing Research
The detailed summary of that literature that he provides, as we’ve already seen, includes...
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Bloom Revisited
Our persistent enthrallment with Bloom's taxonomy is a curiosity that escapes understanding.
• Bloom attempted to bring rationality to conversations about cognition, generally considered an irrational process, and to categorize educational goals and instructional assessment. Bloom recognized and wrote extensively that hardly any human trait, aptitude or process, especially those beyond physical genetics, can be dichotomously distributed.
• Bloom was concerned about education's misuse of the taxo… Continue
• Bloom attempted to bring rationality to conversations about cognition, generally considered an irrational process, and to categorize educational goals and instructional assessment. Bloom recognized and wrote extensively that hardly any human trait, aptitude or process, especially those beyond physical genetics, can be dichotomously distributed.
• Bloom was concerned about education's misuse of the taxo… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 8:30am —
Irrelevance
The failures of the outcomes-based education movement of the late 80s and early 90s has been replaced by emphases on content standards by national organizations (NCTM), U.S. D.O.E. (National Reading Panel), states (Iowa Core Curriculum). These artifacts of a bygone era attempt to hold fast to an archaic perception of education designed to prepare students to relive the past of current adults. In essence, we are preparing the youth of today for an… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 6:30am —
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