Folklore

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FOLKLORE about EDUCATION: (CU) a. Customs, beliefs, sayings, and practices about education that are not grounded in observable, objective, measurable ways that people learn; those anecdotes, experiences, and discussions about education not based on experimental empirical [[Behavioral Science |behavioral science] descriptions of learning. b. The written and unwritten culture of educators about education and learning, including about what is important in and for learning to occur in public schools. c. Practices of educators based on conventional wisdom rather than behavioral science descriptions of how people learn. d. The practice of teachers teaching, managing, and assessing each other, including but not limited to ways to act as a teacher in schools. e. The belief that educators know more about schools and learning than do other people. f. The belief and practice that failure of students to learn what the most informed people know and do rests beyond the duties of educators. g. The belief that public education exists as a voluntary rather than an imposed function of government sanctions, funding, and expectations.