Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Becky's Question

Yep!

The book is - "Literacy With An Attitude" by Patrick J. Finn

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Literacy With An Attitude - Discussion Questons

In his preface, Patrick Finn states, "The status quo is the status quo because people who have the power to make changes are comfortable with the way things are." Do you agree with this statement, why or why not?

Finn also discusses in his preface the two kinds of education in the United States; "empowering education" and "domesticating education" ; have you observed or experienced this gap and why do you think it exists?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Welcome Interested NY Teachers

I was approached by members of the LPDC about creating a reading blog for teachers. The idea was passed to me in a meeting and sounded wonderful, so I decided to give it a try. Teachers will be getting some general information about this blog site (communication forum) within a couple of weeks.