Comparison chart

 First, read ‘Teaching to change the World” 5th Edition by Oakes, Lipton, Anderson, & Stillman, Chapter 5: The Subject Matters: Constructing Content Across the Content Areas. Then, create a comparison chart of the major differences between the traditional and progressive paradigms. Within the comparison, address the list of learning principles created, to make sense of the debates. Take into consideration the understanding that when a paradigm emerges, it challenges the existing paradigm. In terms of discussing a paradigm shift in education, an emerging paradigm can be undermined by lack of quality and depth of professional development for teachers, administrators, and school staff; the depth of knowledge of the teacher both in curriculum and learning that facilitates or hinders development of students to think mathematically, scientifically, literarily, historically, artistically; the involvement of parents and other stakeholders in developing their understanding the emerging paradigm; and implementation of the change process. Feel free to be creative when creating your chart! You may wish to make your chart visually appealing with an educational tool, such as Canva, Piktochart, or Prezi. These tools offer free versions, but may require registration. You are encouraged to get familiar with these tools, as you may someday decide to use them for teaching. Alternatively, you can keep your chart simple by using Microsoft Word.