Four Resources Model

I like the way this article ended with the questions, “What better way to assist teachers’ work and pedagogy in these new times than with complex and critical questions rather than simple answers.”  It seems with NCLB and just looking at “scientific based” research in the U.S. that powers at be are trying to boil down complex issues of what literacy is and how it should be taught in schools with simple one-sided programs that you just hook your learners up to.  They take away the role of the teacher to be a critical thinker and to design classes that suit their learners, instead it is like they want teachers to punch a time clock like in a factory setting and go in to school and produce readers and writers as their factory output all using the same methods.  What is so wrong with diverse classes, diverse thinking, and diverse literacy practices, why can’t we celebrate these differences, embrace them in our classes and make responsive inclusive lessons that include all of our learners? Why do we need to look for simple answers when there none to be had?

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