- Andrew's main message is that everybody has anxiety related to education (the student, the teacher, the parents), and that anxiety gets its power in assessment, or judgment. On what basis will work be judged--how should we measure it?
- To be effective, assessment must be based on the nature of the student, the nature of the subject, and the relationship between them.
- Judgment is based on right thinking (based on accuracy, based on wisdom, based on grace), and the feedback we give students should be this measure: what is the goal, and how far have you come along the path toward that goal?
- We must give honor where it is due. When a student is talented, we should praise God for that. When the student shows virtue by working hard, we can praise the student for that.
- When truth enters the soul, it always brings joy.
Those are the kernels of wisdom I gleaned from this talk, and I've been thinking over them for the last week or two. Stay tuned for where that thinking is going . . .
I chose this illustration photo of a really engaged teacher, Lorien Foote. It's no surprise she was given a Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Central Arkansas!
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