During our last session, we considered briefly the notion that (effective) teachers ought to identify and attend to the different "learning styles" of their students. Here's one critique:
http://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/fall1999/DiffStrokes.pdf
And another:
http://www.garlikov.com/teaching/Lstyles.htm
Let's discuss this issue next time (Monday), along with your questions from this week's Q&A. Do some additional research on the topic.
Also, just for fun (but also central to our current discussion), is US public education functioning as the "great equalizer"?:
http://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/winter1011/Schmidt.pdf
Lastly, here's a brief essay on competing philosophical approaches to multiculturalism:
http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Educ/EducNich.htm
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