Monday, December 1, 2008
Intro to evidence based thinking
Just a quick link to an article on evidence based gardening http://slate.com/id/2205576/. Yes, gardening. I think there are some real direct parallels to our work in education, especially regarding how money can be and often is spent on things that sound good but are not supported by evidence (or even contraindicated). This article provides a good simple introduction to the idea of evidence based decision making, and may be a good starting point for a conversation.
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Jerome,
I liked this article. It simplified what we need to do more of in education. In fact, this quote at the end of the article really nailed it: "Search for the why behind everything you do for your plants." Change the "plants" to "students".
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