When I was in university I studied ways of teaching how much I wish to explain it to me in a practical way to explain each method. Example: Brainstorming method I was asking myself a lot why did not the teacher start the lesson using it? The teacher of the subject had a PhD from the UK and he was a recent graduation means that the teaching methods should be studied in modern ways but unfortunately I thought he would give us what is new but it was a big disappointment for all We studied the same ways that my mother taught the same university " Yarmouk "in Jordan and it will remain the same until they wake up from the trick of age and experience because education must be renewed not cumulative
Let's see. MR. Marzano hasn't taught since 1981. He has 10 years total teaching experience, the last six of which were spent teaching college, which means he has a total of FOUR years in a K 12 setting, and his last year in a K 12 setting was 1975! And this guy is going to tell veteran teachers how to do their jobs! I was graduating high school in 1981, and I'm teaching for 29 years! I am truly amazed at how much schools have changed in that time frame. I was shocked how much things had changed when I was a substitute in '86 and when I started teaching in '87. I can only imagine what MR. Marzano would find if he tried to teach a class. MR. Marzano, and I stress MR, NOT Dr. happens to be a good friend of this President and hails from Illinois! How's that HOPE and CHANGE now! I've even asked him professionally to implement these strategies in my classroom. He IGNORED me! I guess those who keep singing his praises have continued to drink the KOOL AID!
If you read the book you would have found out he is not telling you how to do your job. He identifies strategies that work and then you decide if you want to use any of the strategies or when you might use them. I personally know Bob has been in classrooms and worked with teachers since 1982.
Why are you so salty? Because he ignored a meeting request from an internet rando? Academics have the time to analyze research, work with teachers, conduct their own research, and write books that move the profession forward. Of course they have their place. If you wanted more fame and prestige you should have made a different career choice. As it is, WITH YOUR USE OF ALL CAPS, you seem bitter jealous. I hope you have grown in the four years since you posted this, but probably not
I can see both sides of this comment and the replies. On the one side, Marzano's books gave me a framework to conceptualize the tons of ways to teach. Teachers are bombarded with new methods and new tools and it helps to frame these in a systematic way so I can sift through them. On the other side, Marzano's research is self-referencing and aging. If you check his citations, he's often citing himself or the studies are usually from the 1980s-1990s. Even his updated book, "The New Art & Science ..." does this. So the concern is whether his conclusions reflect latest research and a broad consensus. I think there's a weakness within the teaching profession generally for this sort of thing. Take CRT (Culturally Responsive Teaching). When you go to look at the research that most of CRT is based on, you'll repeatedly find Krenshaw. And take lesson planning as UBD (Understanding By Design). UBD is all Wiggins. I hope teachers realize that our profession gravitates towards particular experts in the field. That can make things simple, like when a teacher wants to lookup everything about UBD or CRT, but it could also make for myopic views based one expert who dominates the field. The irony of me typing this up is that today's student is expected to be broadly educated from diverse perspectives and critical of systemic authority. :)
@@patrick9445 There you go. This guy is someone with little teaching experience who hasn't taught at any level in 43 years, and he's going to tell today's teachers how to do their jobs. All these ideas people come up with are the latest trend. The biggest problem is people like Marzano want to keep reinventing the wheel.
