Sound Instructional Practices LO22187 -was: Intro -- Rebecca Bell

HJRobles@aol.com
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 23:26:39 EDT

Replying to LO22107 --

Dear Rebecca,

As a former high school teacher, now college instructor and administrator,
I am struck by your comment, "I could not see at that time how I could
implement what I believed to be sound instructional practices within the
then-current administrations of American high schools." I wonder if your
experiences would be different now? Somehow, I doubt it, and I find that
so damning of our system. Shouldn't an educational system be the
quintessential learning organization?

In a message dated 7/6/99 6:57:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Rebecca.Bell@PSS.Boeing.com writes:

<< I have been involved in the training and development world of large
corporations for some 18 years. (Although I had originally received my
teachers degree with my BA, I chose not to pursue a teaching career
because I could not see at that time how I could implement what I believed
to be sound instructional practices within the then-current
administrations of American high schools. After a detour through the
entertainment world and the non-profit realm, I finally discovered that
there were such things as training departments within large organizations
and I have wanted no other profession since that time.)

I am passionate about learning and about making learning effective. I
have also been quite disheartened at times at the level of thinking and
discourse within the management ranks, particularly around the issue of
training. I have, therefore, enjoyed the wide and deep level of
communication here.
>>

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