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RE: Arts take a beating in FL --long

From: Kimberly Herbert (kimberly)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 09:37:06 PST

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    I had a political science professor in university, who was Korean but raised
    in Japan. After one of those American's are stupid reports came out, one of
    the students asked Dr. Suh why he taught over here - if we all were so
    stupid. Dr. Suh said he had no scientific evidence, but that he knew those
    test were inaccurate. He had taught in both countries. In his opinion
    university students in Japan could memorize and recite facts. American
    students sometimes had to look up the facts but were more flexible could
    apply the facts to different situations to come up with new interpretations,
    were more incline to argue points with professors and classmates, less
    likely to recite the "party" line (significant looks to the left and right
    wingers), and more likely in all fields to come up with original ideas. In
    his and my opinion that was the purpose of education. Now my class was the
    last to escape Texas schools before H. Ross Perot's effort to change Texas
    education into a cookie cutter production line. I wonder what he thinks of
    American education now.
    Kimberly Herbert (kimberly)
    CAM Administrator
    San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts/Children's Art Museum

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    From: Lawrence A. Parker [occti]
    Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:38 AM
    To: ArtsEdNet Talk
    Subject: RE: Arts take a beating in FL --long

    I haven't see the 'official' report yet, but apparently schools failed this
    years proficiency tests miserably this year. Of 600 schools reporting, only
    1 passed. There is now a great uproar about the validity of the tests, in
    part thrown into question by a Kent State Univ. professors examination of
    it, which showed highest correlation for students' socio-economic background
    rather than academic achievement.

    Will post more as I get more information.

    Larry 

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