"Education as a whole is not a problem waiting to be fixed but a set of issues, problems, and opportunities to be addressed." (Weller, 2022).
I'm an advocate for #DesignThinking. Not as a way of solving problems but as a way of exploring the world. This idea comes from Jon Kolko, a designer.
This thinking helps push past the idea that #education is broken and opens up to us (educators) the opportunity to explore issues, opportunities and problems and develop new approaches (small) based on evidence and feedback.
This is me just unpacking my thinking. 😋 @edutooters
@aus_teach @edutooters I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. I think that as a statement to empower educators to improve the situation reframing the problem is good. We talk a lot about locus of control. What can you change, what can't you change. By addressing specific issues you can make a positive impact.
However, at the end of the day, education is fundamentally broken and can not be fixed. It will take more than incremental fixes to make it work correctly.
@edutooters @aus_teach @scerruti I’d love to hear more about what you feel is “fundamentally broken” about education if you’re willing.
@DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach caveat: US education system
Lack of respect for the profession has eroded compensation driving the best away. Resulting in lower standards and a feedback loop of declining performance. Florida and Arizona are putting bodies in classrooms. California discussed eliminating the CBEST as a requirement.
Union/government partnerships have carved educational practices and methodologies in stone limiting or eliminating certain forms of innovation.
Etc.
@scerruti @DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach
As a California teacher who has taken the CBEST, I can tell you it is the lowest of all bars. Anyone who can’t pass that has no business being anywhere near a classroom.
@JenRoberts @DavidKnuffke @edutooters @aus_teach "California’s newly approved state budget allows teacher candidates to skip two of the tests that had been required to earn a teaching credential if they take approved coursework."
69% of candidates pass on the first attempt. Prior to this 10% could never pass it. Now they are teaching.
@scerruti @JenRoberts @aus_teach @edutooters I’d get rid of every standardized test a teacher needs to get certified. They do nothing except male money for test administrators.
@DavidKnuffke @scerruti @JenRoberts @aus_teach @edutooters Standardized tests also do a fantastic job of sorting out historically marginalized students both due to cost and tests structure.
@DavidKnuffke @JenRoberts @scerruti @aus_teach @edutooters I am very excited to see the movement to less standardized testing in the US, seeing it with SATs, GREs and in teacher prep. Also excited to see evidence that life goes on without these tests just fine, despite the pearl clutching.
@edutooters @JenRoberts @ZingerLearns @aus_teach @scerruti we continue to reduce impact of tests on grades in our institution and the bottom has yet to fall out 😂
@DavidKnuffke @edutooters @JenRoberts @aus_teach @scerruti I have been ungrading for 2 years now, and our students still need to pass the edTPA, be observed and evaluated by supervisors, and get interviewed and get jobs, and they seem to be doing just fine, while reporting experiencing improved mental health, less stress and anxiety and greater focus on their own well being and the well being of their students.
@JenRoberts @ZingerLearns @scerruti @aus_teach @edutooters also sort for the fastest test takers 🤮