From Deficiency to Strength: Shifting the Mindset about Education Inequality

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. From Deficiency to Strength: Shifting the Mindset about Education Inequality
Yong Zhao, 2016/10/10
This is an excellent article that takes a deep look at the concept of merit and 'the achievement gap' in education. In a nutshell, the argument begins with the observation that cuurent programs operate on a 'deficit model' of learning - students are judged to be deficient, and then it is the task of education to address that deficiency. More...