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| Written by Maryellen Rogusky |
| Friday, 06 January 2006 06:44 |
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“Myers asserted that it was not ‘a discrete concept but rather a collection of best existing practice’… Why is it difficult for so many American educators to acknowledge that writing a sentence, speaking clearly, playing the piano, or learning ingerential statistics, is simply difficult work?’” (Ravitch, 1983, p. 255). People Involved: Donald A. Myers Comments: Beginning around 1974, a backlash movement emphasized a “back to basics” approach and blamed the open education movement for lowering standards for education. References: Myers, D.A. (1974). “Why open education died”. Journal of research and Development in Education 8:62—63. |