Notes on a toxic pedagogy - by Peter Shull - lower midlist

“Pedagogy” is the science of teaching. It makes an awful lot of sense for k-12 teachers to study the science of teaching: we want our students to learn, after all, don’t we? It also makes sense for other organizations—say businesses, the US military, or the FAA, for example—to think carefully about pedagogy. If a business wants to produce a high achieving sales staff, it likely needs to train them. The US military, of course, renowned for the efficacy of its fighting forces, is renowned for the rigors and efficacy of its training. Do you think the people who train air traffic controllers and run airports in the Unites States know some things about pedagogy? I can assure you, they do. Here’s a basic pedagogical framework widely used in k-12 education and in many organizations that exist outside it today: you pretest to see what your pupils know or are capable of doing, you start your training from the baseline you find there, you begin delivering instruction and continuously assess alon

“Pedagogy” is the science of teaching. It makes an awful lot of sense for k-12 teachers to study the science of teaching: we want our students to learn, after all, don’t we? It also makes sense for other organizations—say businesses, the US military, or the FAA, for example—to think carefully about pedagogy. If a business wants to produce a high achieving sales staff, it likely needs to train them. The US military, of course, renowned for the efficacy of its fighting forces, is renowned for the rigors and efficacy of its training. Do you think the people who train air traffic controllers and r