On TeachersCount blog, I saw a post about the Goals of Education. It made me think a lot about my personal goals. The post discusses the imortance (or rather, not importance) of standardized testing. Beyond school, standardized testing will not matter. How we are able to function and thrive in society has nothing to do with the number we get on a test. The post says that the goal of education should be to provide students with the skills they need to be thriving members of society, regardless of the path they choose. This idea can be used in the classroom to help teachers differentiate learning. As a teacher, I believe it is my job to make sure each student is provided the skills they need for anything they want to do: not just a test. I think it would be a good idea to ask all of my students their goals, and to understand these goals and develop lessons to touch on each of their goals.
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