If anyone had thought to recognize a K - 12
educational buzzword of the year for 2012, it would surely have been «open educational resources» (OER).
Not exact matches
As
educational «excellence» was the
buzzword of the early 1980's, school «restructuring» has quickly become the rallying cry
of the current round
of education reform.
In the United States,
educational reform financed by federal Race to the Top funds and standardized through the Common Core State Standards Initiative has brought
buzzwords like «grit» and «rigor» into the national lexicon, while quietly doing away with play - based developmental learning in the lower grades in favor
of an increasingly academic structure.
Rigor has become the
educational «
buzzword»
of the 21st Century.
Politicians pontificate, fads and
educational buzzwords come and go, and islands
of educational success fail to move to scale.
my biggest concerns regarding the sony 13.3 ″ reader that i am having right now is, because the
buzzwords «business» and «education» are being brought up constantly in its context, that a) the availability on consumer markets will be very limited or further delayed and b) pricing will be rather high (> 300 $) unless you are part
of an
educational programme but lets see how that turns out, thanks for keeping us informed, michael!
Some
of the
educational buzzwords we chose to include are: creative questioning, student motivation, performance assessments, critical thinking, and classroom management.