Sampling of Topics for this Semester Do you believe that………..?

Schools should actively involve students in social change to reform society.

Middle school students generally learn the same way.

Teachers should be facilitators and resources who guide student inquiry, not managers of behavior.

Special education students should remain separated from general education students.

The purpose of schools is to ensure practical preparation for life and work, not to encourage personal development.

Good teaching is all about the specific content you teach.

Computer technologies will drastically change the learning process.

The federal government should not set national learning and teaching standards for P-12 schools and students.

It is more important for teachers to involve students in activities to criticize and transform society than to teach the “Great Books.”

Why didn’t we all agree?