While reading chapter 3 in our textbook Foundations Inquiry, I stumbled upon a quote that really made me stop and think. The quote said, " Standard documents do not change educational outcomes. People do." What does this quote mean to you?
To me, this quote led me to brainstorm ways in which I can change the educational outcomes of my future students. I began to think of things we had discussed in class as well, such as using real world examples along with working with students' prior knowledge. I thought about the different workshops we had been a part of, Project Learning Tree and Project Wet and thought about how much more children can learn through these programs than just sitting in their desks taking notes, memorizing information, and then taking a test.
This quote just makes so much sense and seems so black and white, so then why is our society still constantly basing education on standardized documents? I hope that as more research is done, that education can be seen differently and teachers can teach based on what it is their students need in order to be successful.
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