[NIFL-4EFF:1802] Re: History Lessons

From: Bonnie Fortini (bfortini@acad.umm.maine.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 16:38:51 EDT


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On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Ronna G. Spacone wrote:
> NIFL-4EFF Colleagues,
> 
> Let's assume you are working with practitioners who are in the process 
of developing long-term professional relationships with EFF.  In other 
words, using EFF to plan, implement and assess what goes on in their 
classrooms and programs. Given that, consider this query from the field:
> 
> What's your stand on teaching EFF history and development? How much, 
which parts and how? 
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My personal preference is to consider the audience, the time available,
and what kind of follow up or future contact I will have with the
practitioners.

For some people the history is not very important.  They would prefer to
spend time learning ways to use the EFF tools.  For other people the
history is interesting because it demonstrates the involvement of the
student and the field in developing EFF.  

If I hear comments such as, "it's just something else we have to do,"
"something 'new' from Washington," "who is responsible for this," or other
indications that the person really doesn't "get" where this all began and
how it applies to us all, then I will include some EFF history and
development.

Bonnie



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