Posted on 05/31/2005 6:45:20 PM PDT by Braak
Brooklyn College's School of Education has begun to base evaluations of aspiring teachers in part on their commitment to social justice, raising fears that the college is screening students for their political views. The School of Education at the CUNY campus initiated last fall a new method of judging teacher candidates based on their "dispositions," a vogue in teacher training across the country that focuses on evaluating teachers' values, apart from their classroom performance. Critics of the assessment policy warned that aspiring teachers are being judged on how closely their political views are aligned with their instructor's. Ultimately, they said, teacher candidates could be ousted from the School of Education if they are found to have the wrong dispositions. "All of these buzz words don't seem to mean anything until you look and see how they're being implemented," a prominent history professor at Brooklyn College, Robert David Johnson, said. "Dispositions is an empty vessel that could be filled with any agenda you want," he said.
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And then they wonder why young folks avoid getting into the education field.Unbelievable!
As a mother and grandmother I just want the math teacher to know math and the science teacher to know science etc. ,and have the skills to share that knowledge.
Their "dispositions" don't matter at all.
My grandfather wanted me to go back and get my teaching degree from them...ummm, not after reading him this...he may be a new dealer dem, but even he hit the roof when he heard this.
More from the article: "A preface to the listed course requirements includes a quotation from a South African scholar, Njabulo Ndebele: 'The need to maintain control over English by its native speakers has given birth to a policy of manipulative open-mindedness in which it is held that English belongs to all who use it provided that it is used correctly. This is the art of giving away the bride while insisting that she still belongs to you.'"
What on earth can this mean???
More and more these days, I'm so glad I dropped out of college!
'Raising fears'?
Heck -- this is proof positive!
Yes, the "manipulative open-mindeness" part really got me to chortle. And ebonics as "languauge of the opressed?" So, an inability to speak properly is now "revolutionary chic?" Sheesh, I gotta get the hell out of this state.
Yes, the "manipulative open-mindeness" part really got me to chortle. And ebonics as "languauge of the opressed?" So, an inability to speak properly is now "revolutionary chic?" Sheesh, I gotta get the hell out of this state.
It means they can't be marked down for spelling or grammar. Or incomprehensibility.
Till they ended open enrollment (which was a circus for sure), you saw some pretty egregious examples of that. Sadly, the radical folks in power in BC, especially on the Student Life side, they have the campus a shout away from a race riot. Every Student Government election is polarized. Blacks and Hispanics vote one way, Whites another, and more often than not, the admin sides with the latter. The stories I could tell are shameful, to say the least.
Actually, that's the former, my apologies.
Actually, that's the former, my apologies gents.
Higher education. I'm sorry you have to put up with that.
Outrageous.
The problem is not only at Brooklyn College. This "disposition" cr*p is coming from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
I remember when the Left used to scream about teachers having to take loyalty oaths to the U.S. I guess they have no problem setting up their own test of loyalty to "social justice."
Well, I don't anymore, I graduated last Feb...after a lengthy saga. But as glad as I am I got my degree...it left a bad taste in my mouth.
This is most pernicious. The extreme left is taking over the educational establishment in this country.
That be stupid.
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