A good meeting this afternoon for the state Knowledge and Skills of Professional Teaching project that I’m a part of. And in our discussion about the components and categories of professional culture, one of our subcommittee members commented.
Something along the lines of this:
Our language and commentary about school are often so grim and hard-edged, dire and clinical. Accountability. Structures of decision-making. Remediation. Assessment. Drilling-down. What about hope? What about joy as an essential value? Of these core attracting values that have drawn so many educators to the profession in the first place?
Good not to forget, and an excellent comment/commentary on the language that’s used to talk about schools and schooling. A worthy challenge to start talking about schools and educational reform in the other dialect, right?
What of Hope and Joy in the Language of School?
A good meeting this afternoon for the state Knowledge and Skills of Professional Teaching project that I’m a part of. And in our discussion about the components and categories of professional culture, one of our subcommittee members commented.
Something along the lines of this:
Our language and commentary about school are often so grim and hard-edged, dire and clinical. Accountability. Structures of decision-making. Remediation. Assessment. Drilling-down. What about hope? What about joy as an essential value? Of these core attracting values that have drawn so many educators to the profession in the first place?
Good not to forget, and an excellent comment/commentary on the language that’s used to talk about schools and schooling. A worthy challenge to start talking about schools and educational reform in the other dialect, right?