[AAACE-NLA] In Search of a True Dialogue

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Thank you, Debbie and Bob, for the dialogue.

I have read both posts fairly carefully, it is Saturday morning and the pressure is off for awhile.

Debbie, I'm wondering what is in that area where  you don't overlap  with scientific studies (I may not be saying it well), because it sounds like there is an area of agreement when you talk with funders, then another area thst belongs  really to education and not a medical model.  This area I'd call a teacher/student model.

I'll illustrate.  Over my teaching years I developed (did not go in with) an informal model of "good teaching health."  I can't remember how many indicators I had, I'm out of the classroom.  But here's one:  in the hallway before class, if a student looked maybe grumpy or out of sorts, I would praise something about the student (not hard, they were all my children), like a hat, a sweater,  something.  If the student smiled and looked happy I'd know everything was OK, if not, then I had to get busy and make the world better.

So that is why I am wondering if these pieces of evidence for program "success" I'd guess you'd say, are in  that gray area?  The teacher/student area?  If so, then what might these indicators be?  I hope I'm on track, here.

Thanks a lot.

Andrea