tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post1410374178870539037..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Paul Tough v. Peter Høeg - or - the Advantages and Limits of "Research"irasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-4268401228213537892013-12-11T09:13:43.448-05:002013-12-11T09:13:43.448-05:00Oh, you nailed this (and have sent me to find a co...Oh, you nailed this (and have sent me to find a copy of Hoeg's book-- loved Smilla and can't wait to dig into "Borderliners")--from the opening set at MSU illustrating its devolution into the numbers game, to all that Paul Tough missed. Tough, BTW, is a college dropout who somehow did not wind up in a call center.<br /><br />Here's my take on "How Children Succeed:" http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2012/11/kiss_my_grit.htmlNancy Flanaganhttp://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-33120263922422943942013-12-11T06:43:21.814-05:002013-12-11T06:43:21.814-05:00First of all, sorry, I have to admit tl;dr. But I ...First of all, sorry, I have to admit tl;dr. But I did get a bit farther than this:<br /><br />Quote: "That fact: that quantifiable research can only tell you about what you already know, is a critical problem for people of Paul Tough's class, people with Data Over Acceptance Disorder. And its a disaster in education - blocking real change from ever being considered "What Works" by those in power."<br /><br />If I were someone whose job it was to make decisions on behalf of someone else, I might fall prey to the Data Disorder, too. I'd get my paycheck regardless, because I could justify every decision, even if it were the wrong one. My education in that kind of strict reasoning would be a job skill as much as learning to hang drywall or sharpen sawblades.<br /><br />You allude to Steve Jobs, who took it upon himself to be as disruptive as possible, and in the process disrupted his 'betters' out of everything that made sense to them on paper. He did this after dropping acid and plumbing the depths of Zen Buddhism.<br /><br />Just saying. :-) Where are those two things on our core curricula?<br /><br />--htb<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com