"I don't have the courage"

A couple of months ago Ed and I were in the 4-5 school where we saw an announcement of a presentation on multiple intelligence or individual learning styles or some such.

Multiple intelligences almost certainly do not exist, but our 4-5 school appears to be hiring P.D. types to tell everyone they do.

So here's a thread about Dan Willingham's on teacher.net teacher who's just read Dan Willingham's Do Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners Need Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Instruction?

Harbinger
Here is a link to a very interesting article from The
American Educator regarding modalities and what cognitive
science really tells us.

It "addresses why the idea of tailoring instruction to a
student's best modality is so enduring‚ despite substantial
evidence that it is wrong."


LL
Fantastic article. I agree and support it fully. Thanks
for sharing research-based findings that TRULY are based in
scientific research.


thanks for it!
What a great article - I don't have the courage to give it out in my
school but the sense that it makes is beautiful....

Is this the world teachers work in?

Would it actually take courage to hand out an article appearing in American Educator?


it's always worse than you think

I hadn't read the next post in the thread when I asked those questions.

Here it is:

LL
I think you're missing an important point! NO ONE is saying
that kids don't need to move during the day. That's common
sense and should be done. The problem comes in when people make
grandeose claims and state fraudulent (or non-existant) research
extrapolating benefits of movement to creating expensive
programs requiring specific movements, hiring trainers to teach
them, and implying that these can fix learning disorders.

That is the problem. Movement is great! Marketing the "sale"
of movement to get rich off of those who don't understand
research and only believe hype and testimonials is unconcionable.