Teachers Are Learners, Too

Have you ever read a book (about education) that “says” what you wish you would/could have said half as well?  Here it is–ONLY CONNECT, by Dr. Rudy Crew!  If you are responsible for learning–we all are, both ours and others’–you must read Dr. Crew’s practical, effective presentation of “The Way To Save Our Schools.”

Although those who visit this blog site can count on reading numerous “look what I found” entries I have gleaned from this book, we all should buy a copy and connect with Dr. Crew’s practical provisions about teaching and learning for ourselves.

The first nugget, quoted from Only Connect:  “The four qualities of a mature and conscious contributor to society are

1. Personal Integrity
2. Workplace Literacy
3. Civic Awareness
4. Academic Proficiency”

“When we talk about education right now, we still concentrate on the last one, the academics, just as we did at Meadowbrook almost forty years ago, and consider the other three as somehow outside of the discussion.  THAT is our central educational mistake.”

There’s more, but you really need to read it yourself.  After you have begun to read the book, I look forward to your providing comments to the blogs related to Dr. Crews’s writing.