Roll call: If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
Listening: Changing paradigms in education (click here for script) (click here for video)
Answer the following questions:
Which two time periods best describe when the current public educational system was created?
What is the so-called "modern epidemic" in the United States?
Where are most cases of ADHD?
In what ways is a school like a factory?
Vocabulary: turmoil (tourmente), alienating (aliénant), batch (contingent, groupe)
Presentations: 2 truths, 1 lie
Teacher reads: School system article
Homework for next time: You have just been hired as a superintendent of a school system and told to design a completely new approach to school. What kind of school system would you implement ? What would an average day be like for a 3 year old, 6 year old, 12 year old, and 16 year old ? What would the teachers be like ? What would the students have to do to earn their degree ?
Diaries
Listening: Changing paradigms in education (click here for script) (click here for video)
Answer the following questions:
Which two time periods best describe when the current public educational system was created?
What is the so-called "modern epidemic" in the United States?
Where are most cases of ADHD?
In what ways is a school like a factory?
Vocabulary: turmoil (tourmente), alienating (aliénant), batch (contingent, groupe)
Presentations: 2 truths, 1 lie
Teacher reads: School system article
Homework for next time: You have just been hired as a superintendent of a school system and told to design a completely new approach to school. What kind of school system would you implement ? What would an average day be like for a 3 year old, 6 year old, 12 year old, and 16 year old ? What would the teachers be like ? What would the students have to do to earn their degree ?
Diaries
