If It’s Not About the Grades, then what kind of Learning Beyond Schooling? Modern schooling still subscribes to the notion that “If it [skills/learning] isn’t measurable, it doesn’t matter,” but this is totally outdated! According to Seth Godin, real work that matters, that is purposeful and fulfilling, relies more on “soft skills” than “hardContinue reading “Out with Grades, In with Soft Skills”
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It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling
About my manuscript in progress, It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling (memoir of a high school English teacher)
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About LFL Podcast
In this first podcast, I introduce myself and my purpose for the Landscapes for Learning podcast. http://traffic.libsyn.com/landscapesforlearning/001_ABOUT_LFL_PODCAST.mp3 I was motivated to create the Landscapes for Learning project to counter students’ and parents’ and schools’ over-valuation of grades and competition for college acceptance as the key to “the good life.” As a long-time educator, I sawContinue reading “About LFL Podcast”
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Podcast: A Parent-Teacher Conference
Solo Podcast: A Parent-Teacher Conference “A Parent-Teacher Conference about Values” is a solo episode about my book-in-progress It’s Not About The Grades: Love for Learning Beyond Schooling which I hope to revise and publish in the coming months. I provide a brief, yet incomplete, overview of the book in progress and read an excerpt from aContinue reading “Podcast: A Parent-Teacher Conference”
