tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post116105132825428592..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Brain Science and EducationDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1161232326805806692006-10-18T21:32:00.000-07:002006-10-18T21:32:00.000-07:00I once thought it would be great fun to ask a spea...I once thought it would be great fun to ask a speaker to identify "the research" she kept mentioning. The hemmin', hawin', and stumblin' that marked the next few minutes was so embarrassing that I've decided I won't do that again any time soon.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1161230097108688382006-10-18T20:54:00.000-07:002006-10-18T20:54:00.000-07:00Sometimes during (Un)Professional (Non)Development...Sometimes during (Un)Professional (Non)Development, I help pass the time by counting the number of times the Instructional Specialist utters the phrase "research-based". It's like she's using it as punctuation.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914867548686274842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1161102243519180952006-10-17T09:24:00.000-07:002006-10-17T09:24:00.000-07:00I think he's distinguishing between the wrong thin...I think he's distinguishing between the wrong things. Many cognitive scientists are neuroscientists -- in fact, "connectionists" are the largest school in cogsci these days.<BR/><BR/>The distinction should be drawn between cogsci and pop cogsci, exemplified by ed school "research," as well as many, many ed psych departments.<BR/><BR/>When you hear "right-" or "left-brained," you're being taken for a ride. We've known that was crap for thirty years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1161059557765128502006-10-16T21:32:00.000-07:002006-10-16T21:32:00.000-07:00One of my coworkers has a doctorate in psychology....One of my coworkers has a doctorate in psychology. I've asked him about some of the psych theories that are popular in edu-circles, and every one that we've discussed he has characterized as total boolsheet, unsupported by mainstream research. For example: learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic). Most of these theories seem to supported by edu-profs with negligible experience working in a K-12 classroom.<BR/><BR/>It is unfortunate that so many K-14 inservices tend to fixate on this sort of nonsense (yes, boolsheet is popular in some higher-edu circles, too).<BR/><BR/>I think in many cases administrators prefer to have an inservice that focuses on some worthless rot, instead of one focused on the real problems over which they have practically zero control and no idea of how to solve. God forbid they allow you to spend an inservice day working in your room or in department meetings... you might actually accomplish something in that case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com