Tall Poppy Syndrome, an inclination in media and among the general public to belittle the achievements of prominent people.
Business definition by BNET .
Education definition of Tall Poppy Education Syndrome (TPES) by Bob Heiny / Tablet PC Education Blog:
The inclination of educators to play down (belittle) ideas, recommendations, and achievements of successful ways to increase student learning rates beyond conventional schooling practices.
Does the Tall Poppy Education Syndrome seem a useful descriptor for distinguishing between teacher responses to in-house sdtudent learning compared with data and practices from non-traditional learning venues?
Do you think of examples of TPES? How about slower than necessary adoption by schools of Tablet PCs, Ultra Mobile PCs, MID PCs and other mobile PCs to increase student learning rates?
What may teachers do to use TPES to student learning advantage?