With CSCOPE good veteran teachers are no longer needed or wanted. CSCOPE “pushers” view good veteran teachers as a threat when it comes to implementing their progressive teaching philosophy . The following photo is a snapshot from a CSCOPE powerpoint presentation for administrators.
CSCOPE was about implementing a progressive teaching philosophy called Project Based Learning (PBL). Students will now work in groups where direct teaching will become a thing of the past. They want teachers to be “facilitators” and to “learn along side” their students. The philosophy is built around a “constructivist” philosophy. It is built around the “collective” opposed to individual achievement. American Exceptionalism is no longer valued or taught replaced with Globalization and Diversity. Marxist Phychologist, Lev Vygotsky encouraged an education built on “constructivism” CSCOPE acknowledged “progressive” educators as their research base along with Lev Vygotsky.
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