{"id":1526,"date":"2020-09-05T07:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T12:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2024-05-11T06:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T11:53:46","slug":"blooms-taxonomy-and-the-importance-of-objectives-3-blessings-of-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/09\/05\/blooms-taxonomy-and-the-importance-of-objectives-3-blessings-of-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloom’s Taxonomy and the Importance of Objectives: 3 Blessings of Bloom’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?\u201d
\u201cThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,\u201d said the Cat.
\u201cI don\u2019t much care where\u2013\u201d said Alice.
\u201cThen it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go,\u201d said the Cat.
\u201c\u2013so long as I get SOMEWHERE,\u201d Alice added as an explanation.
\u201cOh, you\u2019re sure to do that,\u201d said the Cat, \u201cif you only walk long enough.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\nLewis Caroll, Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em>, 71-72<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The case of Alice may be considered a good cipher for that of many modern educators. We have a vague awareness in all our modern \u2018subjects\u2019 and \u2018classes\u2019 that our students are supposed to be getting somewhere. But we are not always sure of where. At the end of the day, many teachers rejoice in success if they have simply made \u2018progress\u2019 in any particular direction. Work has been done, material has been covered, grades have been entered, and not too many disciplinary situations had to be resolved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such an experience of teaching, Bloom\u2019s taxonomy can act as a real savior, delivering the average teacher from the listless state of meandering about the work of school. The definite aims of the cognitive domain<\/a> in all the precision of their taxonomy have the power to cut through the ambiguity and aimlessness of much modern teaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article we build on our proposal to replace Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives<\/strong> with Aristotle\u2019s Five Intellectual Virtues<\/strong> by starting with an analysis of the positive of Bloom\u2019s. In proposing a taxonomy of educational objectives, Bloom and his fellow university examiners made a real advance for modern education, even if they participated in the modern era\u2019s reductionistic philosophy. In the midst of an educational climate that now hosts an active postmodern retreat from overarching values and metanarratives, the clarity of Bloom\u2019s taxonomy of learning goals is like a breath of fresh air to many educators. Instead of wandering aimlessly like Alice in Wonderland, here at last is a clear and precise path forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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