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Direct Instruction

By Stuart Buck

Liam Julian makes a useful comparison here between Direct Instruction -- a curriculum that has proven advantages but that, as I noted a couple of years ago, is nonetheless criticized by the likes of Jonathan Kozol for being too "scripted" -- and the practice of medicine: It is foolish to believe that big-hearted 22-year-olds will know, intrinsically, the best way to teach reading to a class of second graders, just as it is foolish to think that newly minted doctors can on their own derive the best way for treating a particular pathology. Surely, though, veteran teachers can teach without rigid, Direct Instruction curricula? Not necessarily. A comparison to the medical profession suggests that even the most grizzled teachers (and their students) may benefit greatly from scripted procedures...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on December 20, 2007 (boomark / email).