tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337360001060332600.post5094553852238687152..comments2023-07-25T08:26:50.096-06:00Comments on Learning at Westminster: Education checklists?garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362826471852969332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337360001060332600.post-20103224669722187372010-01-06T08:43:45.912-07:002010-01-06T08:43:45.912-07:00Interesting ideas. Teaching seems just as complex...Interesting ideas. Teaching seems just as complex as flying a plane or repairing a damaged heart (I can think of a time when I was a public school teacher when I didn't finish a lesson or activity without thinking "I wish I would have remembered to . . ."). So, that part of me likes the idea of educational checklists--they would help teachers and learners remember to do specific things that are likely to improve the experience. <br /><br />My question is whether the same checklist could be used in every classroom, for every lesson. Is one section of first-year writing different enough from another section that the same checklist may not apply? Or, could my checklist for Tuesday's class session work for Thursday's as well?<br /><br />As I write this I'm wondering if the value for educators is in creating a couple of general checklists that apply in almost any setting (these would include general "best practices" of teaching), but also developing customized checklists for a particular class or lesson. The latter would attend to particular complexities of the lesson that need to be attended to. <br /><br />On another note, I could see educators voicing arguments similar to those of physicians with regard to why they don't need checklists (e.g. "teaching is an art," "I don't want to be restricted by a checklist," etc.).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991593461200755444noreply@blogger.com