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From: Christine Taylor-Butler <kansascitymom_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:38:02 -0600
Interesting perspective. A few years ago I was on the committee to interview and hire a new principal for the district's college prep middle school. The candidate who stood out was a gentleman who took the opportunity to "flip the script" at his suburban school. The example he gave was in talking about colonization of the U.S. and their subsequent treatment of Native Americans he tasked the students to think about the process from the viewpoint of the settlers. He said, given England's environment was a motivating factor for coming to a new world, what did they think was in the settler's mind when they turned around and did the same thing to the people they found here. He said they began to realize that the oppressed had, themselves, become oppressors and it enlivened the student's approach to the subject.
He was hired unanimously and became one of the district's most popular administrators, including with students.
I like the approach of using these books as teaching moments and ways to develop critical thinking skills rather than fact regurgitation during a state exam.
Well said!!……..C
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> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:00 PM, bookmarch_at_aol.com wrote:
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>> The goal is not to purify our shelves but, rather, to deepen students' ability to read critically, think deeply, question -- us -- constantly, and arrive at their own views -- even if totally different from ours.
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>> Marc Aronson
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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:38:02 -0600
Interesting perspective. A few years ago I was on the committee to interview and hire a new principal for the district's college prep middle school. The candidate who stood out was a gentleman who took the opportunity to "flip the script" at his suburban school. The example he gave was in talking about colonization of the U.S. and their subsequent treatment of Native Americans he tasked the students to think about the process from the viewpoint of the settlers. He said, given England's environment was a motivating factor for coming to a new world, what did they think was in the settler's mind when they turned around and did the same thing to the people they found here. He said they began to realize that the oppressed had, themselves, become oppressors and it enlivened the student's approach to the subject.
He was hired unanimously and became one of the district's most popular administrators, including with students.
I like the approach of using these books as teaching moments and ways to develop critical thinking skills rather than fact regurgitation during a state exam.
Well said!!……..C
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> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:00 PM, bookmarch_at_aol.com wrote:
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>> The goal is not to purify our shelves but, rather, to deepen students' ability to read critically, think deeply, question -- us -- constantly, and arrive at their own views -- even if totally different from ours.
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>> Marc Aronson
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