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What high school students should learn
Filed Under (EDUC 628 Postings) by pcallahan on 04-05-2008
This interesting article posted on OLDaily discusses important skills that students need to learn to be successful in the adult world. It does not describe content knowledge, but rather qualities which help make a good human being, such as reasoning, taking care of yourself, having good communication skills, how to live a meaningful life, and valuing yourself. I feel that teaching skills like these in addition to content is what we are supposed to do as educators. Enjoy the read!
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May 5th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Amen! This is exactly how I feel about the content that I am forced to teach my students with moderate and severe disabilities. They don’t need the lessons regarding literature, characterization and the such…they need to learn to be good citizens and to take care of themselves. Essentially, to survive in this world.