| what they say | what they mean |
| respect | compliance |
| responsibility | compliance |
| ownership | compliance |
| good decisions | compliance |
| good choices | compliance |
| character | compliance |
| time management | compliance |
| creativity | multicolored compliance |
| gifted | compliant |
| good student | compliant |
| good parents | compliant |
| teach | demand compliance |
| teach | indoctrinate |
| teacher-parent partnership | teachers telling parents what to do |
| expectations | rules |
| consequence | punishment |
| motivate | apply carrots and sticks |
| behavior support | monitoring and punishment |
| social and emotional system | draconian discipline |
| good district | district with well-educated parents |
| trust the spiral | let the parents hire tutors |
| constructivist | contentless |
| technology | powerpoint |
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A Guide to EduSpeak
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Ha -- I've been meaning to write this very post for a while!
ReplyDelete"Respect" also means compliance, by the way.
I wonder what "teach" now means.
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ReplyDeleteReposting to correct errors. FedUp, can you delete the above so our dear readers aren't forced to read two? :).
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One of my favorites here is OWNERSHIP. This became a hot edu-crap buzzword when my daughter was in about second grade. You must have ownership of your homework, the children were admonished. I grimaced even then, even before the two subsequent landmark homework books came out. It would elicit a wry giggle.
You must have ownership of your work. Tricking the child into thinking she "owns" her work, she's in charge, she has control, she has some power. I found it particularly onerous because it was so sneaky and manipulative. At least they didn't do that to us in the sixties, they just told us to do your homework, stupid. Cos I said so. Now they spew this "ownership" group speak, when what they really mean is, do your homework, stupid. Cos I said so. At least in the sixties it wasn't all that much and you still got to go outside and play.
Thanks, Chris! I added "respect" to the list. I'll think about what "teach" means.
ReplyDeleteHomeworkBlues -- That "ownership" baloney reminds me of the schools' use of "contracts." Apparently if you force someone to sign a contract, then you can say they've "agreed" to do what you're forcing them to do.
ReplyDeleteHWB, the "ownership" meme is so annoying. It doesn't mean the child has any control over the work they're supposed to do. If anything, it goes with the ridiculous expectation that kids will do their homework without any support from parents or teachers.
ReplyDeleteIt's also part of a very mixed message we send to kids. We tell kids to "take ownership of their work", meaning they should do all assigned work without complaining or asking for help, but at the same time we constantly monitor their behavior.
The school says "the student should take ownership of her work" and in the same breath sends home a reading log with a required daily parental signature. There's no logic here.
"good descisions" compliance
ReplyDelete-- Young Curmudgeon
Thanks! I'll add it!
ReplyDeleteLoved it and tweeted. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Happy Elf Mom!
ReplyDelete"Teach" probably means something along the lines of "brainwash" (most of the time, anyway).
ReplyDeleteI love it!! I think I would have added differentiate....my definition isn't PC enough to write!
ReplyDeleteparent involvement -> parent compliance to the district regulations
ReplyDeleteBased on my university teaching experience and interaction with education professors:
transparency -> compliance
research-based -> a professor was paid to support it
technology -> powerpoint
lol @ powerpoint!
ReplyDeletereading strategies= test taking strategies
Critical thinking= Any quasi-complete expression (verbal, facial, guttural)
analysis= using a highlighter
Hi - I came here from Happy Elf Mom, and have been reading back for am hour. I am up to October 2011, and you are talking a lot about your daughter's struggles with reading and guessing at the words (I have this with my daughter as well). I am a homeschool mom, and since you have written about Afterschooling with Singapore Math, I thought I would suggest (obnoxiously, as this is my first time commenting here) All About Spelling. AAS is a great learn to read/spell program. I've been using it with my son (2nd-ish grade) with great success and am starting it with my daughter soon. I had so much success with it, that I've pretty much ditched all the other phonics workbooks we used. I have written a review of it on my blog if you want to check it out. I am not entirely sure what grade your daughter is in, but it covers from 1st Grade to 6th Grade and I only spend about 15 - 20 minutes a day, three times a week.
ReplyDeleteAnyway! Just a nosy-parker stranger's two cents! Love your blog, I'm going to add it to my reader this minute.
Good grief, ignore all those typos! Squawking kids came in and interrupted me...
ReplyDeleteHi, Deb! It's always good to hear from a new reader. I will definitely check out All About Spelling. The homeschooler's grapevine is a great place to learn about curriculum.
ReplyDeleteNot to leave anyone out, I am of course always happy to hear from old readers too. Actually, I'm glad to hear from anyone except trolls.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to Deb's blog:
ReplyDeleteNot Inadequate
I love the title, BTW. "Not inadequate" is me on a good day!
I see I need to add more entries to the table.
ReplyDelete@KimS -- ooh, I really want to hear your definition of "differentiate". The funny thing is, this is a word that I have never heard, after many hours at school conferences. Somehow the schools in my area missed this piece of jargon -- or did they use it up already?
All I know is the smaller the being the more "accountability " is expected of them...the higher up you go , the less is expected. That's messed up
ReplyDeleteSo in other words, Anne, our kids are doing more work than the school superintendent!
ReplyDeletelol...I meant generally, but very likely you are right! Certainly more is expected of the kids day to day.
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