If you don't recognise this fact then the status quo on how people learn is maintained; corralling people by age to achieve
curriculum goals without reference to individual learning approaches (despite age) produces unequal outcomes.
Not exact matches
Our point here is straightforward: if a
curriculum simply marches through lists of content knowledge and skills
without attending to the concomitant
goal of cultivating independent performance, high - schoolers will remain as dependent on teacher directions and step - by - step guidance as fourth graders currently are.
In the examples below, every teacher achieves these
goals while still meeting
curriculum requirements and
without sacrificing an abundance of class time.
Without the direction of clear
goals for student learning, there is nothing in the process that compels school councils to take up core issues related to
curriculum, instruction, or student outcomes.
As with the soundly defeated plans for a national test, this would once again be an effort to go through the back door to a national
curriculum without open discussion as to whether this is a desired national
goal.
The
goal is to improve academic success for all
without watering down the
curriculum.