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Assessment in the Learning Organization: Shifting the Paradigm

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The problem with modern day educationalists is that the field is so bereft of any true intellectual prowess authors feel they must write with arcane wording so as to bolster their own egos. For instance, Chapter one is titled "Systems Thinking: Interactive Assessment in Holonomous Organizations." Huh? Do they editors actually believe using `holonomous' in a title will connect them to their readers? This is the most egregious example, but be warned, the text, a collection of essays introduced by Costa and Kallick, is peppered with such muddled wording it makes the readings nearly useless to the teaching practitioner. I have the feeling that the editors are more concerned with how they are perceived by their peers than whether they deliver meaningful material to education students. Teachers will get the feeling that Costa and Kallick are, in typical PhD stereotyping, too far removed from the classroom environment. The essays following the editors' introductions are hit-and-miss yet will resonate in some ways; these essays generally give practical examples from teachers and principals for the themes the editors have provided. In all, college professors will be quite enamored with the text, yet teachers will find the writing style pompous and not genuine.