Besich, Lauren
Ohler,
J. (2013). The Uncommon Core. Educational Leadership, 70(5),
42-46. Retrieved from http://libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=85177950&site=ehost-live
CA- Effects of Common Core
IL- Media Literacy
Summary:
Jason Ohler advocates creativity in the classroom. and laments its absence from
the Common Core State Standards. He
believes that artistic skill should be adopted as the 4th R, and integrated into the standards,
not just considered a content area.
Through teaching the grammar of new media, and explicitly teaching how
to innovate, students will build critical thinking and creativity skills together, something that is naturally
done anyway. When students become
innovators to not only solve problems, but to find problems, they will be better prepared to face the 21st
century—something high test scores don’t necessarily do.
Evaluation:
I think Ohler brings up some good points about creativity
and innovation’s absence from the Common Core State Standards. From a library perspective, the teacher
librarian can be the voice to encourage creativity and innovation through
collaborating with teachers. When
libraries are transformed into learning commons, more innovation, creativity,
and critical thinking can take place.
What possibilities emerge when a learning commons creates a makerspace
where students and teachers gather to create using various technologies from
pliers and wrenches, to 3D printers? The
learning commons is the perfect place to facilitate innovation.
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