The Word - On the Straight & Narrow-Minded
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The minds of young people are being poisoned by knowledge, but thankfully Texas is the Large Hadron Collider of denying science.
Texas GOP v. Critical Thinking
Colbert Report - Tuesday July 17, 2012
Texas GOP v. Critical Thinking
Colbert Report - Tuesday July 17, 2012
Jul 20, 2012 10:35 AM
Re: The Word - On the Straight & Narrow-Minded
http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012Platform_Final.pdf
"Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
As opposed to just two years earlier (http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2010RPTFinalPlatform.pdf):
"Knowledge-Based Education – The primary purpose of public schools is to teach critical thinking skills, reading, writing, arithmetic, phonics, history, science, and character as well as knowledge-based education, not job training. We support knowledge-based curriculum standards and tests. We support successful career and technology programs, but oppose mandatory career training. We oppose Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and similar programs. Further, because of an aging U.S. population and global competition, and because much of today’s education teaches children to be employees or perhaps at best managers for employers, we encourage the teaching of entrepreneurial skills and investment skills."
"Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
As opposed to just two years earlier (http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2010RPTFinalPlatform.pdf):
"Knowledge-Based Education – The primary purpose of public schools is to teach critical thinking skills, reading, writing, arithmetic, phonics, history, science, and character as well as knowledge-based education, not job training. We support knowledge-based curriculum standards and tests. We support successful career and technology programs, but oppose mandatory career training. We oppose Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and similar programs. Further, because of an aging U.S. population and global competition, and because much of today’s education teaches children to be employees or perhaps at best managers for employers, we encourage the teaching of entrepreneurial skills and investment skills."
Re: The Word - On the Straight & Narrow-Minded
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By: spam_vigilante
