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QUESTIONS from chapter 1
QUESTIONS from chapter 1
Questions to Further This Conversation . . .
Questions to Further This Conversation . . .
What are your “real goals of education”?
What are your “real goals of education”?
How would you define the differences between “learning” and “knowledge”?
How would you define the differences between “learning” and “knowledge”?
What is your reaction to Dewey's statement that “education is not preparation for life; education is life itself”?
What is your reaction to Dewey's statement that “education is not preparation for life; education is life itself”?
Do you agree that “learning is personal”? If so, how would you go about explaining the concept to someone who may not be as convinced?
Do you agree that “learning is personal”? If so, how would you go about explaining the concept to someone who may not be as convinced?
How do you learn best? How would you go about teaching your “own capacity to learn”?
How do you learn best? How would you go about teaching your “own capacity to learn”?
What do you look like and feel like when you are really learning?
What do you look like and feel like when you are really learning?
Posters with quotes from Littky's book
THINGS TO DO from Litky's book
Questions to ask
Questions to ask
GET THE POSTMAN QUESTIONS (print them, hand them to teachers, email the collection)
GET THE POSTMAN QUESTIONS (print them, hand them to teachers, email the collection)
See Chapter 12 in Neil Postman's book
Read Chapter 1 of Dennis Littky's book in ARABIC
Read Chapter 1 of Dennis Littky's book in ARABIC
In Spanish CLICK HERE
In Spanish CLICK HERE
More questions from the Littky Book
More questions from the Littky Book
1. How can you foster the ability of the students or people around you to think “outside of the box”?
2. The Met and Big Picture Schools hold themselves accountable to the mantras of “one student at a time,” “real work,” “learning through interests,” and “family engagement.” What are the mantras you hold yourself accountable to?
3. What is your vision for your school, your workplace, your family, or your personal life? How are you going to make it happen? What resources, mentors, or other sources of support will you use? What will keep you on the path toward your vision?
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