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Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:50 pm
by Digit
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:29 pm
by Minimalist
She's apparently not alone, Dig.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/ ... 1097.shtml
U.S. students don't know much about American history, according to results of a national test released Tuesday.
Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress — called the Nation's Report Card — showed solid academic performance in American history. The two other grade levels tested didn't perform much better, which just 22 percent of fourth-grade students and 18 percent of eighth-graders scoring proficient or better.
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:27 am
by Digit
It's the same over here Min, I'm sorry to say.
Roy.
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:58 am
by Minimalist
You Brits have a lot more history to learn. American kids have NO excuse!
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:30 pm
by dannan14
Minimalist wrote:You Brits have a lot more history to learn. American kids have NO excuse!
Well, the kids actually do have an excuse. It's called school systems coaching kids to pass standardized tests instead of teaching them to think.
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:01 am
by Digit
Yep! So they end up knowing that William the Conqueror won the Crown in 1066 then they move on to Elizabeth the first followed by WW1 with no continuity in between.
Many of the teachers are as badly educated so what can we expect?
Roy.
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:30 am
by Minimalist
I can remember when teaching was considered a noble profession....instead of the secondary, political-football, career it has morphed into.
Re: Sarah's Take on History
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:20 am
by Digit
Me too!
Roy.