Comments on: Lectured to by P21 http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/03/26/lectured-by-p21/ Promoting a full core curriculum. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:16:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kevin Sherman http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/03/26/lectured-by-p21/#comment-17733 Kevin Sherman Mon, 24 May 2010 13:57:19 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=56#comment-17733 Unfortunately, the readers of this post are being no more critical than the P21 representatives they criticize. The need for 21st Century Skills is obvious, and teaching these skills does not mean neglecting content. I taught history for fifteen years, and the approach I favored was one where my students had to engage in primary sources texts, think critically about those texts within the historical context, and then communicate their understanding in a variety of ways. They demonstrated their understanding in various projects, and those projects created opportunities for me to teach 21st Century Skills and for learners to practice them... at the same time that they learned essential historical content. It's not an either–or scenario. Unfortunately, the readers of this post are being no more critical than the P21 representatives they criticize. The need for 21st Century Skills is obvious, and teaching these skills does not mean neglecting content. I taught history for fifteen years, and the approach I favored was one where my students had to engage in primary sources texts, think critically about those texts within the historical context, and then communicate their understanding in a variety of ways. They demonstrated their understanding in various projects, and those projects created opportunities for me to teach 21st Century Skills and for learners to practice them… at the same time that they learned essential historical content. It’s not an either–or scenario.

]]> By: Jerry O'Connell http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/03/26/lectured-by-p21/#comment-12336 Jerry O'Connell Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:46:05 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=56#comment-12336 I have been teaching history for 29 years and 21 century skills are a huge fraud, the people pushing this should be tried for educational treason. I sometime think it is a cabal by the elites to keep the majority in a state of ignorance. Skills are important yes but knowledge is power! I have been teaching history for 29 years and 21 century skills are a huge fraud, the people pushing this should be tried for educational treason.
I sometime think it is a cabal by the elites to keep the majority in a state of ignorance. Skills are important yes but knowledge is power!

]]> By: Ben F http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/03/26/lectured-by-p21/#comment-4076 Ben F Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:52:08 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=56#comment-4076 Wow, yet another bandwagon forming! I wonder if ANY of the participants have read Diane Ravitch's book "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms"? Just as "success" of the economy over the last decade was a fraud, though few would believe it before last September, these reform schemes are a fraud and, it seems, few will believe it until we have some very palpable educational catastrophe analogous to this recession. Wow, yet another bandwagon forming! I wonder if ANY of the participants have read Diane Ravitch’s book “Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms”?

Just as “success” of the economy over the last decade was a fraud, though few would believe it before last September, these reform schemes are a fraud and, it seems, few will believe it until we have some very palpable educational catastrophe analogous to this recession.

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