I just tried to find the Bay Area Writing Project on TEECH's database of
teacher enhancement projects, on their www page. But it isn't there. How
frustrating. The project sounds very interesting. How can I learn about
your project in detail, Dennis? Do you have a useful www page, for example?
the model is really about teacher leadership (and excels at teacher
>empowerment), not about the discipline per se.
This is what I want to learn - and how we can best adapt it for our high
school physics teachers who, like your teachers, are able and willing to be
local leaders in education reform.
I think that we are in danger of
>perpetuating conventional wisdom and tradition regarding teachers and
>leadership without bringing our knowledge about both things together and
>looking at examples where the mold has already been broken.
Yes. From my reading about Marie Clay's reading recovery program, discussed
in Kenneth Wilson's book entitled REDESIGNING EDUCATION (Henry Holt, 1994;
call 800-488-5233; $27.50), it sounds as though Clay's program is an
example of where the mold has been broken. Wilson's book should be read by
all teacher enhancement PI's, I think. He is a Nobel prize winner in
physics who has really done his homework on educational reform. See this
www page for ordering information, reviews, etc:
http://www-physics.mps.ohio-state.edu/~kgw/RE.html#Reviews
Cheers,
Jane Jackson
Jane Jackson (Prof. of Physics, Scottsdale Comm. College--on leave)
Dept.of Physics, Box 871504, Arizona State Univ.,Tempe AZ 85287-1504.
jane.jackson@asu.edu (602)965-8438 FAX:965-7331
Modeling Workshop Project: http://modeling.la.asu.edu/modeling.html
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