Comments by Mr. Fred Mindlin Most recent public comments by Mr. Fred Mindlin https://nowcomment.com/users/14292 What a beautifully literal and yet oblique story of history and our current hell. https://nowcomment.com/documents/310354?scroll_to=2764903 https://nowcomment.com/documents/310354?scroll_to=2764903 What a beautifully literal and yet oblique story of history and our current hell. This is such a heart-wrenching piece of work because of the family depth and detail, and the slow steady pace one must take to walk, to keep walking, on and on, through such horror. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:28:58 -0400 It's interesting that you mention the concept of "in loco parentis" in this context--that term is almost always used in the negative sense, i.e. teachers are required to keep their charges safe & get blamed when things go wrong, instead of https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=348116 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=348116 needing also to do the positive things that parents do. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:35 -0400 It's so bizarre that that word, "assessment," has come to mean ONLY standardized tests. I have a quote I put at the top of my email footer that I love: Assessment is not a spreadsheet -- it's a conversation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=348115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=348115 The quote is from a Canadian educator, Joe Bower, he uses it as the tagline for his blog, for the love of learning http://www.joebower.org/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:35 -0400 It's real-world relevance, and relevance to the lives of students, which matter most, and the arguments about the subject matter silos and discipline turf wars are academic debates, almost by definition irrelevant to real life and real students... https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347748 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347748 As he says, we need to "deal with curriculum rather in the context of the problems that face us." Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:35 -0400 Why does he call what he's talking about "curriculum integration"? I think we can just substitute "learning" for "curriculum integration" and then what he's saying will make much more sense... https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347747 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347747 I think he sort of answers my question about why he's calling what he's talking about "curriculum integration"--this paragraph makes clear that (certainly in this paragraph, and I'd guess almost anywhere else in his writing) we can just substitute "learning" for "curriculum integration" and then what he's saying will make much more sense... Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:35 -0400 I'm confused by the term "integration." It has a sort of mealy-mouthed, unwelcome compromise kind of connotation because of its historical use in relation to ineffective solutions for ethnic and cultural divides; it also doesn't really say what he means. https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347746 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35744?scroll_to=347746 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:19:35 -0400