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I Used to Think-- And Now I Think--: Twenty Leading Educators Reflect on the Work of School Reform
This book's title is borrowed from an exercise often used at the end of teacher professional development sessions, in which participants write down how what they've learned has changed their thinking. The resulting essays model the ongoing process of reflection and growth among those deeply committed to this work.
In this volume, Richard F. Elmore invites leading educators...more
In this volume, Richard F. Elmore invites leading educators...more
Paperback, 180 pages
Published
June 21st 2011
by Harvard Education Press
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This collection of 20 short essays on education issues and reform offers a multitude of perspectives from experienced educators. In his intro, the editor comments that he uses a "I used to think.....now I think....." activity with his student's to help them assess what they've learned. When he tried to do the same thing with some education reformers he was working with, they all refused. How will we get useful reform if even professional educators aren't willing to reflect on what THEY are learn...more
Excellent essays by many leaders in education reform such as Deborah Meier, Sonia Nieto and Larry Cuban about what they've learned from experience and research in their years of trying, observing and influencing public policy on school reform. Not 5 stars because there needs to be a whole lot more on "What do we do next?" Many of us have reached the same conclusions about reform since we've had it forced on us. But changing the dysfunctional patterns is where we now need to focus.
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