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#52 of 60: What assumptions about schooling are you challenging? 🤔

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“We’ve always done it that way!”

Why do we do what we do in education?

  • Standardized tests
  • 1:1 technology
  • Grade levels by age
  • Cursive writing
  • Textbooks
  • Standards
  • Homework
  • Honor Roll
  • Discrete subjects

Let’s take it one question further… 

How does what we do benefit the learner and/or the system? 

If we want to transform schooling to be more human-centered, we have to interrogate the practices and assumptions of the school-centered paradigm.

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âť“ Provocations:

What assumptions about schooling would you challenge first and why? As you develop a new belief system, what human-centered systems, structures and practices will you include? Why are they important to you and your learning environment?

đź’Ž Resources:

School Wasn’t So Great Before COVID, Either – article from The Atlantic

Ask Why Episode 6: 180 days – video

🧠 Mindsets:

Beliefs

đź’ˇ Areas:

Learning

📣 Drop your thoughts in the comments, or in the Facebook group, and feel free to share resources. 🔥🔥🔥

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