January 2011
6 posts
FREEdman
I found the Freedman article on the inadequacies of medical research really fascinating. So many times I think we guide or allow most up to date research rule how we live our lives. If we hear we should eat almonds instead of walnuts or spend at 15 minutes in sunlight, etc. all of these headlines seem to constantly contradict each other and through this article I see how that’s very true. It...
Ethnography
The most compelling article to me was the Ethnographic Research article by Purcell-Gates. It made me think how fascinating the whole idea of using this type of research, and its various approaches, as a tool for those who are “curious about some aspect of literacy as it occurs naturally in sociocultural contexts” (94). I also liked how this form of study focused more on the community...
Response to Holly by Elvia (posted yesterday as...
Holly, I too, noticed that a lot of what this book stresses is that the process of understanding is a lot more important as a teacher to focus on rather than the repetition of information. In Ch. 7 Thinking like an Assessor it also focuses on why assessing transferability of knowledge rather than focusing on accuracy of knowledge (tests) is more important because transferability shows how new...
Response to Holly by Elvia
Holly, I too, noticed that a lot of what this book stresses is that the process of understanding is a lot more important as a teacher to focus on rather than the repetition of information. In Ch. 7 Thinking like an Assessor it also focuses on why assessing transferability of knowledge rather than focusing on accuracy of knowledge (tests) is more important because transferability shows how new...