With 50 thousand different world history classes in American school, we can conclude that there could be 50 thousand different teaching and learning experiences. Even with identical lesson plans, identical textbooks, we also have 50 thousand different teachers with different skill sets and presentation styles.
It is impossible to make improvements that will have much impact. Production methods have show us that quality always goods up when variables go down. Education must employ a system of ‘Best Practices’ to insure higher quality teaching, learning and production.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback[…] 2) Systematized and consistent training programs are almost none existent. Most internal programs are thrown together by various departments. These ad hoc programs have little or no metrics attributed to the training courses. Sometimes these are management by the HR department, but are usually slapped together by some HR person with involvement of the other departments (sales, customer support, development, etc.). By creating a consistent program, companies have the ability to cross-pollinate skills, successful attributes and actions, and best practices. […]