Image: Center for Teaching Vanderbilt University
Posted on 09/30/2023 5:34:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Before teacher training became mired in DEI, future scholars in the field of education discussed theories of learning, such as Bloom’s Taxonomy. Benjamin Bloom, an American Education Psychologist, believed that for learners to fully grasp a concept, they must go beyond a simple comprehension of the idea into higher levels of learning, such as synthesis and evaluation.
We are now pupils of the nation, attempting to comprehend its fundamental transformation. Because many are stuck in the entry level stages of learning, there are failing grades on the tests being sprung on us. COVID lockdowns, illegal immigration, climate hysteria, and disastrous foreign policy are only a few of the latest exams and the majority of test takers perform like unprepared schoolchildren staring blankly at the questions on the paper.
The worst test performers, however, are those who act as the useful idiots of the progressive wing. They do not even reach the first basic level of Bloom’s theory, which is knowledge. They do not see the threat of hordes of foreign invaders, most military-aged men, pouring across the border. They know that their wallets are thinning, but cannot link that to the heavy inflation caused by the administration they align with. They decide not to go out at night or walk by themselves lest they be mugged or worse, but cannot form any causal associations to the issue. They do believe in climate change because they cannot see past false narratives and flawed data to assuage their fed hysteria...
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Image: Center for Teaching Vanderbilt University
Most leftists expect to be told what to think and their ideological leaders exploit them for their ignorance.
Today’s teachers, as a group, lack the intellectual capital.
The useful idiots of the progressive wing get the worst grades on school tests:
<><> They do not even reach the first basic level of Bloom’s theory, which is knowledge.
<><>They see no threat from foreign invaders, military-aged men, pouring across the border.
<><>Their wallets are thin, but they dont connect to the ruinous inflation caused by their hero Biden.
<><>They dont walk alone lest they be mugged, or worse, but see no causal associations.
<><>They fervently believe in climate change but cannot see past false narratives and flawed data.
An ideology is easier to apply than the effort it takes to scale the mountain that is Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Today’s educational parallel would be:
feel
empathize
recite
agonize
demonstrate
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