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Essential Questions K-12 Students Should Ask…

July 1st, 2009
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What are the essential questions K-12 students should ask?

According to Howard Gardner, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, they are: “the essential questions of human life: who are we, where do we come from, what’s the world made of, what have humans achieved and what can we achieve, how does one lead a good life?” (see Reference below).

Are today’s K-12 teachers qualified to facilitate such inquiry openly and honestly?  Hmm…

Reference: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/foi/read2/gardner.htm

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Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom

July 1st, 2009
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“Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.”
– Albert Einstein –

As noted by Physicist Albert Einstein in the quote above, we inherently figure out that we exist for others. Spouses exist for one another. Parents exist for children. Children exist for parents. And as educators, we exist for learners. Since our existence for others is a given fact that should be concluded by reasonable folks, the only variable becomes the nature of our relationship to those others for whom we are existing. Do we exist to control, manipulate, dominate, or rule over others? Or do we exist to share, serve, and sacrifice for others? It seems to me the aftertaste of one’s education depends upon whether they were shepherded or merely herded; nurtured or merely driven to market. » More: Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom

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