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Duck and Cover - Confronting and Correcting Dubious Practices in Education (Paperback)
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Duck and Cover - Confronting and Correcting Dubious Practices in Education (Paperback)
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In the 1950s and 1960s, students practiced ducking under their
desks in case of an atomic bomb attack. We know that this was silly
and provided no protection and many school practices that are
popular today are equally silly. This book explores a wide range of
what the authors label "duck and cover" policies-ideas that may
have started for good reasons but whose usefulness has declined
over time, ideas that may lack sound theoretical foundations or
long-term evidence, ideas that violate basic logic and reasoning or
cause serious and proven damage. Ginsberg and Zhao explore how and
why these policies were adopted, along with the underlining factors
that push school leaders to maintain them. They also offer
recommendations for reconsidering, replacing, or just removing
these dubious strategies from practice. Topics include standardized
testing, kindergarten readiness, college and career readiness,
social and emotional learning, teaching evaluations, class size,
professional development, time management, and much more. Duck and
Cover will help readers to think about their schools' policies and
practices in new ways, encouraging ongoing consideration and
feedback about what actually works. Book Features: Invites K-12
educational policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to
question the effectiveness of everyday practices. Shows that some
commonly practiced and even sacred beliefs in education are not
scientifically sound or even logical. Points to actions that
leaders can take to remove, reconsider, or revise detrimental
practices-a duck-and-cover audit guide with questions readers can
use to examine what they do.
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