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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:11 PM Original message |
An international comparison with US schools: |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like the idea of more than one teacher in a classroom. One person can only visit so many students |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and behavior issues decline substantially w/more than one adult present nt |
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procopia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Two teachers |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But, but..two or more teachers in a classroom will make it harder... |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yea...what teacher gets the credit/blame? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. US education was designed long ago to turn out minions to man its factories and corporate offices. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. A lot of US teachers have MA's. I read that in Finland, |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The social support and extensive teacher training are keys. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The article on education in Finland is very instructive. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. also note that both japan & finland have strong teachers' unions. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks...I didn't know that... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. +100 |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Since corporations are offshoring most jobs, there is no need for an educated populace. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Excellent article! Thanks. n/t |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. k&r |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. Could it be that folks in Korea, Japan and Finland are just smarter than us? |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Maybe, but the trend in Finland is planned education... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. no. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. Kicked and recommended. |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Eh, I dunno if I would call Japan "successful". Thats a pretty miserable country. nt |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. On what basis do you refer to Japan as "a pretty miserable country?" nt |
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