Social discussion of CS in K-12

["Charles Schultz" (sacrophyte AT gmail.com via ctrl-shift Mailing List) <ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu>]

Good words! And in addition to what you have shared, it seems we need to de-fang (and de-stigmatize) words like "risk-taking", "tension", and even "failure" - these should all be requisite ingredients of education. Crazy thought, what if these things were celebrated instead of feared?

I am curious if we can take your questions and pose them to the folks in Oslo....

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 11:43 AM Miriam Larson <larsonmi AT u4sd.org> wrote:

Charles, 

Thanks for sharing. I wish this article said more about the process. What prompted the transformation? What conflicts did the students and teachers come across along the way? What are ongoing challenges, unlearning that will continue and community push-back? 

I increasingly think that this kind of student and teacher ownership of learning is where we need to go. However, I think each place will have a different process for it that has to be precipitated by something - likely conflict of some kind. Risk-taking and tension will necessarily be part of that process and it's important to share about the discomfort along the way. If we do that, we bolster each other in having the courage to be the risk-takers we need. 

-Miriam

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:24 AM Charles Schultz <ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu> wrote:

Ran across a very interesting school that takes "student-centered approach" to the next level.

For those of you experienced in the areas of education (and this obnoxious thing called Reality), how much of this Norwegian school's success is dependent on external factors (the town, the money available, the demographics, etc) versus the effort made by the administrators and faculty/staff?

https://www.bigdealbook.com/blog/?show=the_best_school_for_each_student

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