Yes...yes to a certain extent (a lot of it depends upon the school district and the individual teacher -- how much said teacher buys into what they learn at 'continuing education' seminars). That's because the education 'experts' who put on said teacher's seminars/workshops have been pushing the idea of "student centered learning" and have then argued that rote/memory learning doesn't allow "student centered learning" (ask me about that one; I dare anyone!), nor does it teach "critical thinking skills that students must have" (which they do...but let's first teach elementary kids that 2x6=12 and "compound sentences are 2 independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction").
Yeah, that's where we are at...fml.
Yes...yes to a certain extent (a lot of it depends upon the school district and the individual teacher -- how much said teacher buys into what they learn at 'continuing education' seminars). That's because the education 'experts' who put on said teacher's seminars/workshops have been pushing the idea of "student centered learning" and have then argued that rote/memory learning doesn't allow "student centered learning" (ask me about that one; I dare anyone!), nor does it teach "critical thinking skills that students must have" (which they do...but let's first teach elementary kids that 2x6=12 and "compound sentences are 2 independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction"). Yeah, that's where we are at...fml.
It's a brave new world out there, my friend.