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Comments posted by cassidy

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Research: Adobe Youth Voices Literature Review
Subject: Great findings, unsure about conclusions
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 08 22:38:55 +0000

I think these are very interesting, although not terribly surprising findings.

One thing that I wonder about is the conclusion that teachers need more professional development in order to support students' acquisition of 21st Century Skills (http://www.21stcenturyskills.org). In the context of NCLB, teachers have quite a bit to attend to as it is, so to me it seems unreasonable to expect more considering that they are already asked to attend to content, habits of mind, study skills, leadership skills, etc., etc. And, they are horribly underpaid to boot [*stepping off soapbox*]

Instead, why not train students as facilitators? If the whole point is to develop students' 21st Century Skills, then that would be a perfect way to do it. (Note: There are youth organizations already doing exactly this, such as the MOUSE squad. Perhaps more funding ought to be provided for these types of programs...?)

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