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Ralph W. Tyler: A Remembrance.
Rubin, Louis J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Activist who believed in demonstration and example, Ralph W. Tyler harnessed his theorems to social engineering and participated in astonishing number of watershed events: pursuing monumental Eight-Year Study, founding National Academy of Education, creating and directing Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University,…
Descriptors: Activism, Biographies, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education
Are California's Math Standards Up to the Challenge?
Cossey, Ruth – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
The California Mathematics Standards are cynical, mind-numbing, and shallow. Instead of balancing problem solving, concept development, and skill acquisition, the standards are full of obsolete mathematics and devoid of problem solving. Students offering only an algorithm when asked for meaning have style without substance. Blind memorization is…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Memorization
Memory, Imagination, and Learning: Connected by the Story.
Egan, Kieran – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Explores the profound connection between human memory and imagination. Educational ideas that find only incompatibility between memorizing and developing imagination and procedural skills are inadequate. Viewing teaching as story telling transforms the curriculum from a huge mass of predigested material to a collection of great stories reflecting…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
The Coriolanus Syndrome.
Campbell, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
A jaded education professor deplores the endless memorization, mindless assignments, and incessant testing going on in high school classrooms, to the exclusion of intellectually and aesthetically challenging pursuits. He refuses to devise another strategic plan, restructuring, or curriculum standard. Schools must strive to enculturate youngsters…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Aesthetic Education, Anti Intellectualism, College Faculty
The Road Less Traveled
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McKim, Brent – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
The federal journey into public education has followed a long and winding road. Most educators know that the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is simply the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which dates all the way back to 1965. In the years since its initial passage, the ESEA road has taken a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Role of Education, Educational Change
Authentic Assessment and Authentic Standards.
Campbell, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
What occurs in most schools and colleges is a ritual pretense lacking substance. Test scores and memorized facts mean little. John Dewey felt that education must be a continuous expansion of a web of connections and understanding that continues throughout one's life. Wisdom is education's true goal. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education