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Paul Zachos presents at the World Conference on Educational Sciences in Istanbul Turkey.
Paul Zachos presents a workshop on "A practical alternative
to destructive testing practices in educational programs" at the World
Conference on Educational Sciences in Istanbul Turkey.
New ACASE Office Manager
ACASE welcomes Adriana Gomez Piccolo as our new Office
Manager. Although born in the United States, Adriana spent her
formative years in Madrid, Spain and received a Baccalaureate
degree in English Philology from Universidad Autonoma de
Madrid. She has completed a Masters degree as a Literacy
Specialist (grades 5-12) at the University at Albany where she
has also conducted advanced work in Education and Literacy. Her
interest in the inner workings of the educational process is
part of what attracted her to working with ACASE. Adriana
Gomez Piccolo is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and
French.
June 2009
Workshop on the Philosophy of Freedom for Educators.
This workshop was offered by Lezlie Dana and Paul Zachos of ACASE
6th Annual Alternative Education Resource Organization Conference
June 25th-28th, 2009
http://www.aeroconference.com/albany.htm
More than 100 years ago (and a quarter of a century before initiating Waldorf Education), Rudolf Steiner waged an epic struggle against philosophies and ideologies that would limit human knowledge and freedom. He charted his path to attaining freedom, moral imagination and love in the book titled The Philosophy of Freedom. This struggle continues today in the field of education against those forces that would circumscribe human aspirations within cultural and biological limits.
The philosophy of freedom is a way for individuals to gain knowledge through their own activity and for communities to grow in a spirit of freedom. The workshop explored the use of conversation as a tool for supporting each other as free and responsible beings in an educational environment.
February 2009
Workshop on Alternatives to Destructive Assessment and Grading Practices delivered by ACASE at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School Conference on Progressive Education http://www.ecfs.org/
August 2008
Workshop on Assessment Techniques and Grading Issues for Waldorf Schools. Delivered by Paul Zachos to the Waldorf High School of the Peninsula, Cupertino California
June 2008
An Alternative to Destructive Testing Practices in Educational Programs
Presenter: Paul Zachos
Alternative Education Resource Organization's 5th annual AERO conference. Troy, New York, June 26-29th.
Description of Workshop:
It is possible to collect information about student learning in a way that is non-threatening, and even motivating and educational. The information derived can then be devoted exclusively to improving teaching and learning. This will increasingly be the character of educational assessment in the future. Examples of this new generation of assessment practices already exist and are employed today by innovative educators who use them to obtain deep knowledge of their students.
This workshop demonstrates such an assessment and shows how it provides a rigorous and practical alternative to the harmful testing practices which now dominate educational settings. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to experience (from the student perspective) such an innovative assessment. The experience will take about 30 minutes. It will be followed by a 15 minute explanation of this new paradigm. Remaining time (as much as can be made available within the structure of the conference) will be devoted to questions and answers and participant generated discussion on alternatives to destructive testing practices.
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