Comments for McKay Today News http://education.byu.edu/news From the David O. McKay School of Education Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Closing the Gap in Distance Education by Distance education In Mumbai http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/29/closing-the-gap-in-distance-education/comment-page-1/#comment-45595 Distance education In Mumbai Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:17 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15576#comment-45595 See Now A Days The Government Had Introduce Many Steps For Distance education Thats Why More And More Distance Universities starting Rapidly...And Also Thanks To Author Who Had Discuss Some Good Points With Us... See Now A Days The Government Had Introduce Many Steps For Distance education Thats Why More And More Distance Universities starting Rapidly…And Also Thanks To Author Who Had Discuss Some Good Points With Us…

]]> Comment on Is There a Place for Emotion in Schools? by Melissa Newberry http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/29/is-there-a-place-for-emotion-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-45378 Melissa Newberry Fri, 10 May 2013 17:35:02 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15533#comment-45378 It's good to see that there are others interested and supportive of this topic of research. Teaching is an emotionally taxing profession, as are many other professions in which people deal closely with others. However, it's one of the few fields in which the professionals entering the career are not prepared in human relations. My one caution in emotion research is this: we, as humans, are agentic, meaning we always have a choice in how we respond. Although emotions have a biological base, they also have a social and psychological base so many times it comes down to being mindful of what is triggering the biological response and then choosing how to respond to it. It’s good to see that there are others interested and supportive of this topic of research. Teaching is an emotionally taxing profession, as are many other professions in which people deal closely with others. However, it’s one of the few fields in which the professionals entering the career are not prepared in human relations.

My one caution in emotion research is this: we, as humans, are agentic, meaning we always have a choice in how we respond. Although emotions have a biological base, they also have a social and psychological base so many times it comes down to being mindful of what is triggering the biological response and then choosing how to respond to it.

]]> Comment on Is There a Place for Emotion in Schools? by Les Broadhead http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/29/is-there-a-place-for-emotion-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-44972 Les Broadhead Sat, 04 May 2013 20:12:44 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15533#comment-44972 As a retired educator of 38 years I couldn't agree more with this article. I think the hardest and maybe the most important aspect of teaching is emotional control. Pogo said it well, "We have met the enemy and the enemy is us." As a retired educator of 38 years I couldn’t agree more with this article. I think the hardest and maybe the most important aspect of teaching is emotional control. Pogo said it well, “We have met the enemy and the enemy is us.”

]]> Comment on Overcoming Traumatic Brain Injury by Chesley http://education.byu.edu/news/2012/01/02/overcoming-traumatic-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-44814 Chesley Fri, 03 May 2013 06:36:15 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=7692#comment-44814 Although research is going on all the time about Traumatic Brain Injury, recovery is not completely known. Hope is the biggest thing our family and friends can use. We shouldn't easily give up even thought the process of healing is slow and painful. Thanks for the great story. Although research is going on all the time about Traumatic Brain Injury, recovery is not completely known. Hope is the biggest thing our family and friends can use. We shouldn’t easily give up even thought the process of healing is slow and painful. Thanks for the great story.

]]> Comment on Is There a Place for Emotion in Schools? by Mariann Adams http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/29/is-there-a-place-for-emotion-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-44754 Mariann Adams Thu, 02 May 2013 21:38:12 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15533#comment-44754 In my meta analysis and thesis research it was found that addressing emotions was appropriately the first strategy of intervention for children struggling in any subject because 1)brain learning centers progressively shut down with negative emotion, 2) when emotion is addressed ability can increase without additional subject instruction, 3) additional subject intervention without addressing emotion can reduce subject ability, and 4) all learning is imprinted with emotion that affects all future learning in the subject. So, by addessing emotion as the first educational learning intervention, years of unproductive effort and negative imprint reprogramming may potentially be avoided. It is nice to see that emotions are being addressed. Thesis research indicates that teachers are VERY inadequately trained in emotional issues, which negatively impact both teachers and students. In my meta analysis and thesis research it was found that addressing emotions was appropriately the first strategy of intervention for children struggling in any subject because 1)brain learning centers progressively shut down with negative emotion, 2) when emotion is addressed ability can increase without additional subject instruction, 3) additional subject intervention without addressing emotion can reduce subject ability, and 4) all learning is imprinted with emotion that affects all future learning in the subject. So, by addessing emotion as the first educational learning intervention, years of unproductive effort and negative imprint reprogramming may potentially be avoided. It is nice to see that emotions are being addressed. Thesis research indicates that teachers are VERY inadequately trained in emotional issues, which negatively impact both teachers and students.

]]> Comment on In the Running by Amber Hall http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/15/in-the-running/comment-page-1/#comment-44472 Amber Hall Wed, 01 May 2013 15:02:51 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15347#comment-44472 Hos! I'm so happy to read your response! You were one of the people who influenced my views and ambitions from the very beginning, in fact, I wrote a paper about my interactions with you for one my graduate writing classes. I'll have to send you a copy! I would love to have you come out to the school and see what we have going on here. It's been an amazing ride, and I'm excited to see what's coming next! When I was out at the AAHPERD national convention, I met a teacher from Idaho who invited me to the Idaho AHPERD convention this summer. She said it's in IF. Will you keep me updated with dates and location for this? I would love to come if I can make it! Please stay in touch! Amber Hos! I’m so happy to read your response! You were one of the people who influenced my views and ambitions from the very beginning, in fact, I wrote a paper about my interactions with you for one my graduate writing classes. I’ll have to send you a copy!

I would love to have you come out to the school and see what we have going on here. It’s been an amazing ride, and I’m excited to see what’s coming next!

When I was out at the AAHPERD national convention, I met a teacher from Idaho who invited me to the Idaho AHPERD convention this summer. She said it’s in IF. Will you keep me updated with dates and location for this? I would love to come if I can make it!

Please stay in touch!
Amber

]]> Comment on In the Running by Linda Hostert http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/15/in-the-running/comment-page-1/#comment-44260 Linda Hostert Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:42:56 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15347#comment-44260 Amber --- Congratulations.. I am SO proud of you!!! From One PE teacher to another...I totally agree with your views... Fitness is the key to education. A physically fit body will allow the brain to function at a higher level. I would love to visit your school and talk with you about your ideas -- see if I can incorporate anything back at Hillcrest. Again I am proud of you and proud to say that you are an alumni from Hillcrest high school. Coach Hos Amber — Congratulations.. I am SO proud of you!!! From One PE teacher to another…I totally agree with your views… Fitness is the key to education. A physically fit body will allow the brain to function at a higher level.

I would love to visit your school and talk with you about your ideas — see if I can incorporate anything back at Hillcrest.

Again I am proud of you and proud to say that you are an alumni from Hillcrest high school.

Coach Hos

]]> Comment on In the Running by Amber http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/15/in-the-running/comment-page-1/#comment-43764 Amber Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:02:54 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15347#comment-43764 Thanks John! I actually spent a semester living in Washington DC working on a political campaign and that's when I realized that law was not for me. It became very real to me that affecting individual hearts was more important than anything else I could do in this world. I appreciate the words of support!! Thanks John! I actually spent a semester living in Washington DC working on a political campaign and that’s when I realized that law was not for me. It became very real to me that affecting individual hearts was more important than anything else I could do in this world. I appreciate the words of support!!

]]> Comment on Grant Awardee Seeks to Bridge the Achievement Gap by Bryant http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/12/grant-awardee-seeks-to-bridge-the-achievement-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-42551 Bryant Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:41:47 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15331#comment-42551 Thanks for taking the time to write, Diane. The idea of the MET database—which received written consent by every teacher and the parent of every child who participated—is to better understand what actually comprises effective teaching practices in a variety of settings and for various purposes. Researchers provide this understanding by applying principles of scientific inquiry, in conjunction with good pedagogical theory. The database is not intended to change the classrooms observed. It is an exploratory study, designed to develop measures, critique measures, and consider new and improved ways we might capture important components of classroom teaching. An important way of critiquing these measures is to determine whether their associated constructs (e.g., “competition” in the case of the tool I’m developing) are actually associated with student learning and development over time. Once validated, observation tools can be used to change (or improve) classroom practices in diverse settings. But there are many ways of going about this. Personally, I prefer the “PLC” model, where teachers collaborate with one another. They observe in each other’s classrooms using focused, purposeful protocols, and provide one another with data-driven, constructive feedback. They plan ways of improving their own practice based on this feedback, and repeat the loop (plan, observe, revise) as many times as needed to meet the goals they have set for themselves. There is no way around opening up the classroom if we are going to improve learning opportunities for underserved children. We must be respectful of teachers and leverage their expertise. But we should also apply scientific and theoretical tools in creative and rigorous ways to better understand what actually constitutes effective teaching in diverse settings, for diverse purposes. This requires opening up the classroom. It requires stronger professional collaboration, mutual trust, and in some cases suspending our assumptions about what we think is good teaching. It requires an education science that is closer to practice. If not, the fastest growing population of students in our schools (e.g., Latinos) will continue to be the least successful. Thanks for taking the time to write, Diane. The idea of the MET database—which received written consent by every teacher and the parent of every child who participated—is to better understand what actually comprises effective teaching practices in a variety of settings and for various purposes. Researchers provide this understanding by applying principles of scientific inquiry, in conjunction with good pedagogical theory. The database is not intended to change the classrooms observed. It is an exploratory study, designed to develop measures, critique measures, and consider new and improved ways we might capture important components of classroom teaching. An important way of critiquing these measures is to determine whether their associated constructs (e.g., “competition” in the case of the tool I’m developing) are actually associated with student learning and development over time.

Once validated, observation tools can be used to change (or improve) classroom practices in diverse settings. But there are many ways of going about this. Personally, I prefer the “PLC” model, where teachers collaborate with one another. They observe in each other’s classrooms using focused, purposeful protocols, and provide one another with data-driven, constructive feedback. They plan ways of improving their own practice based on this feedback, and repeat the loop (plan, observe, revise) as many times as needed to meet the goals they have set for themselves.

There is no way around opening up the classroom if we are going to improve learning opportunities for underserved children. We must be respectful of teachers and leverage their expertise. But we should also apply scientific and theoretical tools in creative and rigorous ways to better understand what actually constitutes effective teaching in diverse settings, for diverse purposes. This requires opening up the classroom. It requires stronger professional collaboration, mutual trust, and in some cases suspending our assumptions about what we think is good teaching. It requires an education science that is closer to practice. If not, the fastest growing population of students in our schools (e.g., Latinos) will continue to be the least successful.

]]> Comment on In the Running by John http://education.byu.edu/news/2013/04/15/in-the-running/comment-page-1/#comment-42466 John Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:04:36 +0000 http://education.byu.edu/news/?p=15347#comment-42466 Wow, going from lawyer to PE teacher is quite a jump, but it's definitely just as noble in my opinion. Wow, going from lawyer to PE teacher is quite a jump, but it’s definitely just as noble in my opinion.

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