Re: (no subject)
Jack Lochhead (Jack_Lochhead@TERC.EDU <Jack_Lochhead@TERC.EDU>)
21 Nov 1995 16:26:35 -0400
The great trick of calculus was to realise that you could study motion by
paying attention to what did NOT change. Without this view physics would be
nowhere. It is a view that loses somethings and it is not suitable for all
situations. But it is also a very powerful view. Standards can be the
points of reference through which we notice change and growth. Without such
points of reference the growth itself cannot be detected. Thus I would argue
that we need standards for jus the reasons Kathleen finds them problematic
and I would also agree with Kathleen that they are problematic (and therefore
very interesting).
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Date: 11/19/95 9:24 PM
To: Jack Lochhead
From: TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu <TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu>
The problem that I see with standards is that they are often associated
with certitude and rightness (like evaluation). Those of us who think
about education within a developmentalf and transformative framework need
to think about "standards" that honor indeterminacy, shifting
relationships, varying interpretations, alternatives, and the like. This
is hard to capture in the notion of standards.
Dr. Kathleen Martin Texas Christian University
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