"Ever heard or seen the phrase “phonemic awareness” and wonder exactly what it meant? Or “Bloom’s taxonomy,” “problems-based learning,” “brain-based learning,” “outcome-based education,” “holistic learning,” “formative evaluation,” or internal evaluation?'
How about my new favorite: 'Unleashing research-based curriculum integration?'
Okay, that last one is made up, but the rest are phrases now tossed around in the education world as if they actually mean something to most people.
To help you figure out the jargon, here are Web sites that explain some of these concepts: A lexicon buster from ASCD, formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. And here's another helpful dictionary .
For some fun, you can go"
How about my new favorite: 'Unleashing research-based curriculum integration?'
Okay, that last one is made up, but the rest are phrases now tossed around in the education world as if they actually mean something to most people.
To help you figure out the jargon, here are Web sites that explain some of these concepts: A lexicon buster from ASCD, formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. And here's another helpful dictionary .
For some fun, you can go"
