tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post7145503443298474524..comments2024-03-28T21:30:33.665+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Destroying Students’ Potential and Destroying Their LivesDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-32778167942026146072017-08-24T16:41:55.014+03:002017-08-24T16:41:55.014+03:00The question is: where is a parent's first lov...The question is: where is a parent's first love and loyalty? To the amorphous community or to the concrete child in front on him/her? Who is the parent more scared of disappointing? The community or his/her child?Garnel Ironheartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-47828444711097239352017-08-24T07:51:55.635+03:002017-08-24T07:51:55.635+03:00In one hand, the advancing secularism... on the ot...In one hand, the advancing secularism... on the other, the religious who should set the tone to yidishkeit expelling good kids from schools because the kids don't correspond to the principal's expectations (and we didn't even start talking about the ridiculous shiduch cv's)...it gets to the point that the regular jew, who believes in chesed and the beauty of jewish ideals, feels alone. May Hashem have mercy of this generation.Estynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-88316740327909020432017-08-23T11:48:07.346+03:002017-08-23T11:48:07.346+03:00Imho the author gets it wrong by focusing only how...Imho the author gets it wrong by focusing only how bad the competitive environment is for the weaker students. in fact all students suffer. The Torah is no longer a תורת חסד which focuses on cooperative learning , becoming a resource for each other, supporting each other's learning and making a contribution. It promotes performance goals like test scores instead of a intrinsic competence and mastery goals which undermine interest , excellence, etc The focus as Jerome Bruner puts it , is to help kids focus on what they are doing and not on how well- test scores - they are doing. Success and failure should be expereinced not as reward or punishment but information. In this way we can help kids connect to learning and help them become life long learners . When dealing with behavior the focus should not be on discipline but on helping kids do Teshuvah , giving them skills and a new vision of themselves. Problems can be solved in a collaborative way taking into account the concerns and perspectives of the child as well. Instead of rewards, grades and competition, we can create an environment which focuses on making learning intrinsically valuable by adopting the 4 Cs of intrinsic motivation – Community- Cooperative learning, Choice- autonomy ,Content- engaging curriculum and Competence. The system as it is , is bad for everyoneAllan Katznoreply@blogger.com