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When Face-to-Face Learning Is Impossible during Covid-19 pandemic; Marion Bradley at Diane Ravitch

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 Brady is a veteran educator who has been trying to reform the school curriculum for many years.:There’s no getting around it. Firsthand experience is the best teacher. If what’s attempting to be taught is worth knowing, it’s going to be complicated. And if it’s complicated, firsthand experience isn’t just the best teacher, it’s the only teacher. Dealing with Covid-19: Nothing really substitutes for face-to-face schooling, but when that’s impossible, learning’s fundamentals must be respected. Use this crisis to give education back to educators, & make middle-level schooling’s aim maximizing the quality of thought, & adolescents will demonstrate abilities only long-experienced teachers knew they had. But guidance is necessary. Teams of teachers with varied expertise need to monitor the teams and sometimes comment or pose questions. Here is. a handbook for an approach to genuine learning."

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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