tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post2118810216554610912..comments2024-03-16T10:26:53.460-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: let's not pretend it's something new...Doug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-51189135891317008622013-10-06T16:58:44.586-05:002013-10-06T16:58:44.586-05:00I certainly can't claim any law expertise but ...I certainly can't claim any law expertise but that I've been gradually acquiring by fighting SWEPCO. States are particularly difficult things to try to change. School boards, both at the local and state levels have odd relationships to law. Often they are "quasi judicial" in their authority.<br /><br />I think what is needed is a victory in the court of public opinion. That is why I write this blog. We had generations of wood shop, which became tech ed, which is now becoming STEM education but throughout all these changes of name, it seems we've failed to come to terms with the central principle. We learn best and to greatest lasting effect when we learn hands on by being engaged in doing real things... whether in the wood shop, or science lab, going on field trips, doing community service, etc. Right now in education, they are on a push to make things more efficient by getting the kids to spend more desk time, when in actuality, that is exactly the wrong course. I'm not sure how that can be proven in court, however. Just trying to stop a powerline from wrecking our community, we've raised and spent over $120,000 so far. Can yo imagine how much money we would have to raise to try to force a change in American education?Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-75450953570579375952013-10-06T16:37:54.941-05:002013-10-06T16:37:54.941-05:00I've been teaching these hands on classes (now...I've been teaching these hands on classes (now called Technology Education) for 3 decades. Your post today made me realize that our state board(s) of education are robbing our sons and daughters (including my own 7th grader) of precisely the benefits you mention by not making them compulsory. With your law expertise, what are out chances if we filed a lawsuit against the state for failing to make the "hands on" classes a state requirement for all of our students? ScottScott Kutznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-4081995723970616032013-10-06T09:35:04.018-05:002013-10-06T09:35:04.018-05:00It is funny watching people engage with work in a ...It is funny watching people engage with work in a museum setting. Normally, museum work leaves you scratching your head with regard to the maker's meaning. In this case, the viewer may wonder about a few things, but they certainly seem to get the meaning of it and certainly see the craftsmanship in it.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-13433049308752685252013-10-06T09:08:55.994-05:002013-10-06T09:08:55.994-05:00Great setting for your work.
Mario
Great setting for your work.<br /><br />Mario<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862581793109521180noreply@blogger.com