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Aug 31

What-a-sizing Education

Mi Amigo Carl Hooker the Director of Instructional Technology  at Eanes ISD  has a nice blog entry about how we could learn a little bit about teaching by eating a hamburger or two.

He makes the case for individualized learning, 24/7 learning, and essentially relearning how we teach. While the idea is not new, and the reformers have been calling for that for some time, his comparison to the famous Texas-Based hamburger chain Whataburger is well done, especially for the TExas crowd, who know Dallas Cowboys, Lone Star Beer, Pick Ups and Whataburger.

                

Worth the read. —TBH


From the Article:

Education could learn a lot from what this now 700+ food chain has done to be successful in a hostile market.  Where the regular food chain was bound by time, much like we are between the hours of 8am-4pm everyday, it’s time we start operating like a 24/7 business.  We continue to preach life-long learning, yet what we really are saying is, learning for 9 and 1/2 months, during the day, and then being judged by our own food critique (see High Stakes testing).

Some schools and universities have adapted to this 24/7 idea by offering asynchronous online learning.   You can have your meal at any time, you just might not be able to sit in the restaurant while you are eating it.

Posted 8 months ago

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