This is a running log of phrases, quotes, words, images, video, and diagrams that are helping me to understand the nature of knowledge, learning, and educational institutions. My goal is to help myself and others permanently shift the terms of the conversation about education from being institution- and teacher-centered [teacher as builder of curriculum, student as consumer, and institution as silent source of legitimacy] to being community- and student-centered [teacher as builder of active learners, student as practiced builder of community, institution as enabler of healthy learning communities]. Feel free to contribute other quotes to this tumblr by sending me an email.
27 Dec 07
Current research on human learning has converged on a few key ideas about the nature of learning and their consequences for teaching. These ideas are remarkably parallel with what the authors of these essays have discovered by studying their own teaching. In describing their experience with discussion teaching, they have tapped into a broader set of ideas that could have far-reaching consequences for the way teaching and learning are conducted in our society.
—  Richard F. Elmore, Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership, xiii.